Picacho Peak State Park
www.pr.state.az.us/Parks/parksites.html  (Posted Friday, 3/12/2010)

PPSP has received over 6inches of rain since September 2009.  However, it has all came in late January.  Typically, the rains need to start in the fall.  With the late rains, it is uncertain if there will be ample time for the Mexican Gold Poppies and Lupine to grow through out the park.  To-date, the park is greening up very nicely, with a blanket of green ground cover on the desert floor.

Tucson Botanical Gardens
www.tucsonbotanical.org (No report)

Saguaro National Park East District
http://www.nps.gov/sagu  (Posted Friday, 3/12/2010)

Not much change at Saguaro East.   Still awaiting a stretch of warm weather.   Add a few Fairy Duster shrubs in bloom, but otherwise just a very GREEN desert scene at this time.

Saguaro National Park West District
http://www.nps.gov/sagu   (No report)

Tohono Chul Park
www.tohonochulpark.org  (Posted Friday, 3/12/2010)

Wildflower update:
In preparing for our Spring Desert Corner Plant Sale (March 20 & 21), colors abound in propagation as well as on the grounds.  Flowering plants that will be available for sale include: gopher plant (Euphorbia rigida), emu bush (Eremophila sp.), snapdragon vine (Maurandya antirrhiniflora) and a huge assortment of cacti, succulents, penstemons and our featured genus - Agastaches!

As you meander the trails and gardens of Tohono Chul you will find a wide range of display.  On our Desert View Trail, mountains of Triangle leaf bursage (Ambrosia deltoidea) are blooming and sprinklings of Desert zinnias (Zinnia acerifolia) and scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) are showing  their white and orange heads.  The Saguaro Discovery Trail is mostly devoid of flowers but masses of hedgehog buds are starting – should be a fantastic show in a few weeks.  The spring garden in Sonoran Seasons is chock-full of happy spring annuals and perennials: Arizona twist flower (Streptanthus arizonicus),  Mexican gold poppy (Escholtzia Mexicana), Parry’s penstemon (Penstemon parryi), hackberry penstemon (Penstemon subulatus), desert lupine (Lupinus sparsiflorus), yellow evening primrose (Oenothera primavera), globe mallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua), owl’s clover (Castilleja densiflora), blackfoot daisy (Melampodium leucanthum), purple mat (Nama sp.), and desert bluebells (Phacelia campanularia)!

For more plant sale information go to: http://www.tohonochulpark.org/wordpress/events/special-events/plant-sales/

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
www.nps.gov/orpi   (No report)