In Southern California, not so much. But there are still flower-viewing options. The flower fields need a good soaking in the winter to germinate, my colleague Jeanette Marantos wrote in her ...

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The state flower is the California Golden Poppy ... which sees wildflowers spring up across the state after bouts of winter rain.