This desert just exploded with wildflowers

The technical term for it is "super bloom."

This desert just exploded with wildflowers

The technical term for it is "super bloom."

Over the next two weeks the Anza-Borrego Desert will bloom after getting an astonishing seven inches of winter rain this year, which is over twice as much as the previous year. Some people are calling the phenomenon a "super bloom" — and that name alone is enough to pique our interest. But how is it possible for dry dirt to transform into a lush garden? "The perfect ingredients for a banner bloom come when we get winter rains and early spring rains periodically so the soil never fully dries out," Clayton Tschudy, the director of horticulture at the Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College told KPBS. "And when the temperatures are around 50 and up without getting so hot that it kills off the young seedlings." One of the most popular plants you'll see take over is the Dune Verbena, which features purple petals and has a sweet and delicate scent. As a result, the desert will almost look like a very short and slightly pinker lavender field. Other flowers that will also pop up over the next week and a half include the Desert Lily, the Desert Sunflower and the Parish Poppy. So even if you don't love the color purple, we bet you'll still find this field totally and completely mesmerizing.

Over the next two weeks the will bloom after getting an astonishing seven inches of winter rain this year, which is over twice as much as the previous year.

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How the Anza-Borrego Desert normally looks.

Some people are calling the phenomenon a "super bloom" — and that name alone is enough to pique our interest. But how is it possible for dry dirt to transform into a lush garden? "The perfect ingredients for a banner bloom come when we get winter rains and early spring rains periodically so the soil never fully dries out," Clayton Tschudy, the director of horticulture at the told . "And when the temperatures are around 50 and up without getting so hot that it kills off the young seedlings."

One of the most popular plants you'll see take over is the Dune Verbena, which features purple petals and has a sweet and delicate scent. As a result, the desert will almost look like a very short and slightly pinker lavender field.

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Other flowers that will also pop up over the next week and a half include the Desert Lily, the Desert Sunflower and the Parish Poppy. So even if you don't love the color purple, we bet you'll still find this field totally and completely mesmerizing.

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