(Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel) Daffodils bloom in a garden as a skateboarder glides by on Continental Street in Santa Cruz. Daffodil is the common name for spring-flowering bulbs in the ...

California poppies grow in a lot on Laurel Street across from London Nelson Community Center and Laurel Park. On March 2, 1903, the flower, Eschscholzia californica, became the official state ...