Bright Orange & Yellow Flowers - Weeds? (eat, best)

[KarmaPhx]

Originally Posted by nitram

Photos of California Poppies:
http://outdoorphotographermag.com/up...es-OP-1464.jpg

Photos of African Daisies:
african daisy flower pictures

The flowers do not look like either of those, same color as top picture, but looks like the bottom picture.

[locolobo13]

Originally Posted by Grannysroost

That looks like a lupine

Originally Posted by cap1717

definatly Lupine. . . the (weedy) plants behind it are yellow fiddleheads.

Thanks Grannysroost & cap1717. I was wondering what the tiny little yellow flowers were too. Very difficult to get a good photo of the little fiddleheads!

[cap1717]

if it looks like African Daisy and color of Cal poppy it IS African Daisy. . . Lots of them the same color as Cal poppies!

[KarmaPhx]

I took a picture today since I am in town again, along Glendale/Lincoln there is tons of houses that let these flowers overtake their yard. Here is one shot I could get:

[cacto]

those are definitely Mexican gold poppies/California poppies/AZ poppies. They're native and blooming out in the desert right now. Maricopa Mts. down in Sonoran National Monument are a good spot to see those.

[shadow91]

I honestly thought they were weeds, but beautiful weeds. Learn something new everyday.

[wit-nit]

Those are actually African Daises, not CA poppy's. Guaranteed. I've been there lived there and seen them grow year after year in that area.

[Desertspiritsteve]

Originally Posted by azdr0710

yes, they are probably African Daisies.....

they are definitely NOT weeds and look great this time of year....I'm jealous of yards with them.....homeowners take time to put them in, originally as seeds, and the results are awesome....come back year after year....they need some water, though

I think of them as flowering weeds. I took this pic a couple of days ago of my next door neighbor's front yard. Everyone who see these things goes nuts. I go nuts when I keep finding them coming up in my lawn.

[azdr0710]

the flowers in Karma's picture are African Daisies....they are a bit of a big tradition around here in some yards....the houses that get them covering the entire front yard look really impressive.....

I think you have to plant the seeds the first year and, with watering, they'll come back on their own in years to come....

they aren't native, though, to the Sonoran desert

[cacto]

They are not african daisies. They are native. Check Audubon North American Deserts and see for yourself. They're all over the desert, not just in people's yards. The people with those flowers in their yards buy "Desert Wildflower Mix" packets at the nursery. Not just around here, the other 3 deserts too. Death Valley has had very impressive blooms in recent years of those same flowers. I doubt African Daisies are carpeting all North American deserts taking over.