The Wild Flower Hotline
by Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants
Latest episode
Wild Flower Hotline May 28, 2026
Wild Flower Hotline May 28, 2026
About this podcast
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
The newest 20 of 54 episodes
- Wild Flower Hotline May 28, 2026 · 5 minThe 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…
- Wild Flower Hotline May 22, 2026 · 4 minThe 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…
- Wild Flower Hotline May 15, 2026 · 4 minThe 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…
- Wild Flower Hotline May 8, 2026 · 4 min0:24 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…
- Wild Flower Hotline May 1, 2026 · 6 min0:55 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…
- Wild Flower Hotline April 24, 2026 · 5 minThe 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…
- Wild Flower Hotline April 17, 2026 · 7 minThe 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…
- Wild Flower Hotline April 10, 2026 · 8 minThe 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…
- Wild Flower Hotline April 3, 2026 · 8 minThe 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…
- Wild Flower Hotline March 27, 2026 · 6 minWelcome 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…
- Wild Flower Hotline March 20, 2026 · 6 minLet’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…
- Wild Flower Hotline March 13, 2026 · 7 minDiscover 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…
- Wild Flower Hotline March 6, 2026 · 6 minThe 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…
- Wild Flower Hotline May 30, 2025 · 3 minJust 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…
- Wild Flower Hotline May 23, 2025 · 6 minIn 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…
- Wild Flower Hotline May 16, 2025 · 6 minMay 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…
- Wild Flower Hotline May 9, 2025 · 4 minThis 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…
- Wild Flower Hotline May 2, 2025 · 3 minWelcome 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…
- Wild Flower Hotline April 25, 2025 · 5 min · Season 42 Episode 8Since 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…
- Wild Flower Hotline April 18, 2025 · 5 min · Season 42 Episode 7Driving 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…
