Wildflowers begin to bloom at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Dune Evening Primrose blooms in the Anza Borrego Desert State Park in San Diego County.

Beetles climb in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in San Diego County.

Sand Verbena blooms in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in San Diego County.

Desert Lily blooms in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in San Diego County.

David Jacobson, of Hollywood, kisses Daisy Gonzalez, of La Mirada, next to the the dragon sculpture in Anza Borrego Desert State Park in San Diego County.

Ethan Greiner, 3, of Escondido, plays in the sand in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in San Diego County.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Dune evening primrose blooms at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in San Diego County.

Desert sunflowers buds at the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

Desert sunflowers at Anza=Borrego Desert State Park in San Diego County.

Mike Lightner, 65, of Boulder, Colo., photographs flowers at Anza=Borrego Desert State Park in San Diego County.

Heidi Greiner of Escondido gives her son Evan Greiner a lift at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in San Diego County.

A close-up of a California Poppy in a field at Walker Canyon Temescal Mountains near Lake Elsinore in Riverside County.

A California Poppy field in Walker Canyon Temescal Mountains near Lake Elsinore in Riverside County.

The hillsides are filled with California Poppies at Walker Canyon Temescal Mountains near Lake Elsinore in Riverside County.

Sok Lan of Long Beach sits in the California Poppy field in Walker Canyon Temescal Mountains, in Riverside County.