wildflowerdates

Ocotillo

Fouquieria splendens

Ocotillo usually blooms from mid-March to mid-April in Big Bend country, with the best color from late March into mid-April. That's the only region we track it in so far — the ladder below shows where it falls in the year.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Desert floor Big Bend country — mid-March to mid-April, best late March this week
Each rung is one region's usual window; the deeper stretch is its best weeks. A rung lit violet has its window open this week. Based on reports from iNaturalist naturalists.

Where to see them

  • Big Bend country Texas · mid-March – mid-April, best late March into mid-April

What's in bloom right now, state by state →

Based on reports from iNaturalist naturalists. We name public reserves, parks, and roads only — never exact pins, never private land.

Updated September 8, 2026. Bloom timing shifts with the year's weather — each region page carries that region's week-by-week curve and how this season is running.