>> As spring emerges all around Southern California. The hills
are alive with the sound of
>> displays of Sands Urbana doing evening Primrose.
>> That's actor Joe Spano seen on and C I S and in Apollo 13.
Welcome and heard on one of California's most quirky
traditions, the wildflower hotline. What is it that gives
you so much joy about being part of this hotline every
year.
>> There's no downside to beautiful flowers coming out of
the ground.
>> The weekly telephone hotline started 41 years ago by the
Theodore Payne Foundation. A way for the group's botanists
to let fellow flour enthusiast find the best spring blooms
pickup.
>> The phone and call.
>> You have to pick up the phone and call. I mean, there's
some things, you know,
charming about it right.
>> Now, getting to some of the most popular spots like here in
the Anza-Borrego desert does require a drive. But for all
these colors, folks say it's worth it. And this is the start
of the season. Experts say just wait, this year's rain could
lead to another super bloom like recent years and the
Currys plane, an Antelope Valley.
>> Imagine someone taking up impression just flinging paint
across the hills. I'm glad you did.
>> That vision is what brought shunned any Sharma all the way
from Oklahoma showing it off to her friend in India.
>> Just a few that still kind of still kind of I dream to fit
on a night.
>> A simple yet. Extraordinary pleasure. Preserved by painters
it any other way. Photographers and a voice sharing this
natural wonder with the world. We have the right conditions
for an excellent wildflower viewing season. This kreuz NBC
News, Los Angeles