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A Growing Passion
The Big Bloom
Season 7
Episode 5
Come along on an armchair tour of Southern California’s amazing wildflower “super bloom” of winter 2018/2019. We accompany scientists and flower experts through the rolling wilds of Riverside County, Anza Borrego Desert, and other blooming areas. Everywhere we go, you’ll be amazed and delighted by the diversity of annual flowers in explosive bloom.
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