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The Wild Flower Hotline
by Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants
Weekly bloom reports released every Friday, March through May. The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles.
Episodes
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Wild Flower Hotline May 28, 2026
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates — posted each Friday from March through May — on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily…
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Wild Flower Hotline May 22, 2026
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates — posted each Friday from March through May — on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily…
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Wild Flower Hotline May 15, 2026
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates — posted each Friday from March through May — on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily…
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Wild Flower Hotline May 8, 2026
0:24 Irish Hills Natural Reserve, San Luis Obispo 1:15 Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) from Barrel Springs, to Warner Springs, San Diego County 2:14 Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, San Diego County For the full illustrated report, visit our website.
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Wild Flower Hotline May 1, 2026
0:55 Pinnacles National Park (Coast Ranges) 3:14 Heaps Peak Arboretum (San Bernardino) 4:21 Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park (Orange County) For the full illustrated report, visit our website.
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Wild Flower Hotline April 24, 2026
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates — posted each Friday from March through May — on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily…
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Wild Flower Hotline April 17, 2026
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates — posted each Friday from March through May — on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily…
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Wild Flower Hotline April 10, 2026
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates — posted each Friday from March through May — on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily…
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Wild Flower Hotline April 3, 2026
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Foundation Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates — posted each Friday from March through May — on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily…
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Wild Flower Hotline March 27, 2026
Welcome to the Theodore Payne Foundation’s Wild Flower Hotline. The Hotline offers weekly on-line and recorded updates on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant...
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Wild Flower Hotline March 20, 2026
Let’s stay close to home this week. These are easy trails with lots of shade or coastal breezes. Narrated by Tom Henschel, the Hotline offers weekly on-line and recorded updates on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily...
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Wild Flower Hotline March 13, 2026
Discover where California’s wildflowers are putting on their best show this week. From coastal sage scrub to desert canyons, this episode guides you to the season’s most vibrant blooms. Narrated by Tom Henschel, the Hotline offers weekly on-line and recorded updates on the best locations for...
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Wild Flower Hotline March 6, 2026
The Hotline offers weekly on-line and recorded updates on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in L.A. View the full report at theodorepayne.org.
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Wild Flower Hotline May 30, 2025
Just in time to get a mention in the last report of 2025, two exquisite new plants serendipitously blossomed this week in the Theodore Payne Foundation gardens. One is the Humboldt lily a tall, slim beauty arising from a bulb and growing sometimes to 8 feet. It is bejeweled with large orange...
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Wild Flower Hotline May 23, 2025
In Southern California, the valleys and foothills are fading, leaving behind fruit and seed for next year’s germination. Above 4000 feet in elevation however, many spring wildflowers are just coming into glorious bloom. Back in March when we first reported on the wildflower awakening on Figueroa...
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Wild Flower Hotline May 16, 2025
May 16, 2025 Welcome to the Theodore Payne Foundation’s 42nd year of the Wildflower Hotline. The Hotline offers weekly on-line and recorded updates on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. In Southern California, the valleys and foothills are…
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Wild Flower Hotline May 9, 2025
This Mother’s Day weekend, treat Mom to a wildflower walk at one of our local gardens. Spectacular blooms are on view now at the California Botanic Garden. Heading up the list of unusual colors is the sulfur yellow Conejo buckwheat. Electric and royal blues, bright pinks, and lavenders are...
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Wild Flower Hotline May 2, 2025
Welcome to the Theodore Payne Foundation’s 42nd year of the Wildflower Hotline. The Hotline offers weekly on-line and recorded updates on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. In the Coast Ranges of California at Pinnacles National Park, mid-spring...
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Wild Flower Hotline April 25, 2025
Since the report earlier this month, many more blooms have popped up at Casper’s Regional Park in Orange County. Along the Dick Loskotn Trail, look for patches of Catalina mariposa lilies in the grasslands, along with San Diego jewel flower and Padre’s shooting stars. Wild canterbury bells prefer...
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Wild Flower Hotline April 18, 2025
Driving around Lake Kaweah in the southern Sierra foothills east of Visalia, the landscape is transitioning from early to mid-spring bloom. Eastwood’s fiddlenecks are fading, and the hillsides are shifting from deep gold to brilliant yellow as the madia comes into flower. Surprisingly early this...
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Wild Flower Hotline April 11, 2025
Welcome to the Theodore Payne Foundation’s 42nd year of the Wildflower Hotline. The Hotline offers weekly on-line and recorded updates on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban…
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Wild Flower Hotline April 4, 2025
Welcome to the Theodore Payne Foundation’s 42nd year of the Wildflower Hotline. The Hotline offers weekly on-line and recorded updates on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban…
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Wild Flower Hotline March 28, 2025
Friday, March 28 2025 Welcome to the Theodore Payne Foundation’s 42nd year of the Wildflower Hotline. The Hotline offers weekly on-line and recorded updates on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands...
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Wild Flower Hotline March 21, 2025
Welcome to the Theodore Payne Foundation’s 42nd year of the Wildflower Hotline. The Hotline offers weekly on-line and recorded updates on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban…
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Wild Flower Hotline March 14, 2025
Welcome to the Theodore Payne Foundation’s 42nd year of the Wildflower Hotline. The Hotline offers weekly on-line and recorded updates on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban…
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Wild Flower Hotline March 7, 2025
Welcome to the Theodore Payne Foundation’s 42nd year of the Wildflower Hotline. The Hotline offers weekly on-line and recorded updates on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban…
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Wild Flower Hotline May 31, 2024
Hear weekly recorded wildflower reports, narrated by Tom Henschel. New reports are released every Friday, March through May. The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best...
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Wild Flower Hotline May 24, 2024
Hear weekly recorded wildflower reports, narrated by Tom Henschel. New reports are released every Friday, March through May. The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best...
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Wild Flower Hotline May 17, 2024
Hear weekly recorded wildflower reports, narrated by Tom Henschel. New reports are released every Friday, March through May. The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best...
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Wild Flower Hotline May 10, 2024
Hear weekly recorded wildflower reports, narrated by Tom Henschel. New reports are released every Friday, March through May. The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best...
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Wild Flower Hotline May 3, 2024
Hear weekly recorded wildflower reports, narrated by Tom Henschel. New reports are released every Friday, March through May. The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best...
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Wild Flower Hotline April 26, 2024
Hear weekly recorded wildflower reports, narrated by Tom Henschel. New reports are released every Friday, March through May. The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best...
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Wild Flower Hotline April 19, 2024
Hear weekly recorded wildflower reports, narrated by Emmy Award-winning actor Joe Spano, the Voice of the Wild Flower Hotline. New reports are released every Friday, March through May! The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded…
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Wild Flower Hotline April 12, 2024
Hear weekly recorded wildflower reports, narrated by Emmy Award-winning actor Joe Spano, the Voice of the Wild Flower Hotline. New reports are released every Friday, March through May! The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded…
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Wild Flower Hotline April 5, 2024
Hear weekly recorded wildflower reports, narrated by Emmy Award-winning actor Joe Spano, the Voice of the Wild Flower Hotline. New reports are released every Friday, March through May! The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded…
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Wild Flower Hotline March 29, 2024
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public...
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Wild Flower Hotline March 22, 2024
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public...
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Wild Flower Hotline March 15, 2024
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public...
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Wild Flower Hotline March 8, 2024
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public...
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Wild Flower Hotline June 2, 2023
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public...
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Wild Flower Hotline May 26, 2023
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public...
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Wild Flower Hotline May 19, 2023
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public...
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Wild Flower Hotline May 12, 2023
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public...
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Wild Flower Hotline May 5, 2023
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public...
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Wild Flower Hotline April 28, 2023
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public...
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Wild Flower Hotline April 21, 2023
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public...
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Wild Flower Hotline April 14, 2023
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public...
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Wild Flower Hotline April 7, 2023
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public...
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Wild Flower Hotline March 31, 2023
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public...
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Wild Flower Hotline March 24, 2023
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Weekly bloom reports released every Friday, March through May.
The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central California. All locations are on easily accessible public lands and range from urban to wild, distant to right here in Los Angeles.
HOSTED BY
Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants
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Weekly bloom reports released every Friday, March through May. The acclaimed Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline, founded in 1983, offers free weekly online and recorded updates – posted each Friday from March through May – on the best locations for viewing spring wildflowers in Southern and Central...
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The Wild Flower Hotline is created and hosted by Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants.
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