What's in bloom in May?

[Maxsmom]

Hello fellow pilgrims, I'm working to book my first Camino in May 2025. One of the things I love about walking is seeing all of the flora and fauna along the way. I'll be starting SJPP in early May and walking for 2 weeks. I'm wondering what might be in bloom at that time?

Thanks and Happy Holidays to all!

 

[naplesdon]

Poppies are in abundance as well as fields of Rapeseed

 

[Bill905]

I have walked several Caminos in April and May. Here is just a sampling of what you can expect to see in bloom ...

A plethora of poppies


A bounty of buttercups


Billions of bluets


Dozens of daisies


Heavenly hibiscus


Glorious glads


An orchestration of orchid


Magnificent morning glories


Mounds of mint


Wonderful wisteria


Take your time ... stop and smell the flowers ... and maybe snap a photo or two ...

 

[GettingThere]

This was in Logroño, 1 May 2019. My favorites - glorious chestnut candles!

 

[SYates]

Hello fellow pilgrims, I'm working to book my first Camino in May 2025. One of the things I love about walking is seeing all of the flora and fauna along the way. I'll be starting SJPP in early May and walking for 2 weeks. I'm wondering what might be in bloom at that time?

Thanks and Happy Holidays to all!

Absolutely everything! Walking in May you will be in for an abundant blossoms treat!
BC SY

 

[Paladina]

Take your time ... stop and smell the flowers ... and maybe snap a photo or two …

gorgeous gallery, and do stop and admire, but most of these flowers are unscented

 

[Pelegrin]

This was in Logroño, 1 May 2019. My favorites - glorious chestnut candles!
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This tree I think is a horse chestnut ( castaño de Indias in Spanish). There are no chestnuts in Logroño.

 

[GettingThere]

This tree I think is a horse chestnut ( castaño de Indias in Spanish). There are no chestnuts in Logroño.

Yes, sorry I meant horse chestnut. Typing too quickly! The horse chestnut blossoms are so spectacular, and I love them because they remind me of where I grew up in England. There were some gorgeous ones in Burgos too, as I recall.

 

[AchimBerlin]

Even in a cool Mid-May in the Galician mountains there were lots of flowers and colours. Here a few impressions from the Invierno:



Cistus
some gardens

Poppies


Broom-shrubs everywhere in white and yellow

Lavender

Calla flowers in a road-ditch

and my favourite:


Have fun!

 

[MamaBear]

Hello fellow pilgrims, I'm working to book my first Camino in May 2025. One of the things I love about walking is seeing all of the flora and fauna along the way. I'll be starting SJPP in early May and walking for 2 weeks. I'm wondering what might be in bloom at that time?

Thanks and Happy Holidays to all!

Same - see you out there. Hoping for the same

 

[MamaBear]

I have walked several Caminos in April and May. Here is just a sampling of what you can expect to see in bloom ...

A plethora of poppies
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A bounty of buttercups
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Billions of bluets
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Dozens of daisies
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Heavenly hibiscus
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Glorious glads
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An orchestration of orchid
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Magnificent morning glories
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Mounds of mint
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Wonderful wisteria
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Take your time ... stop and smell the flowers ... and maybe snap a photo or two ...

Nice when do the fields of sunflowers come out i have seen pictures of …

 

[AchimBerlin]

Nice when do the fields of sunflowers come out i have seen pictures of …

More like July/August

 

[Bumpa]

Poppies are in abundance as well as fields of Rapeseed

I initially saw this as "people" are in abundance.

 

[Stephan the Painter]

Poppies are in abundance as well as fields of Rapeseed

It's true, they'll be lots of flowers, but mostly you'll see poppies and rapeseed. Red and yellow.

 

[naplesdon]

I initially saw this as "people" are in abundance.

Ha, ha!

 

[bullingtonce]

Hello fellow pilgrims, I'm working to book my first Camino in May 2025. One of the things I love about walking is seeing all of the flora and fauna along the way. I'll be starting SJPP in early May and walking for 2 weeks. I'm wondering what might be in bloom at that time?

Thanks and Happy Holidays to all!

I consider myself a botany expert. What is in bloom during this period is Camino souls? Their flowering is something to behold. Chuck

 

[Bill905]

A view from above as I headed to Moissac a few years ago. Fields of yellow. In Canada it is called Canola; in much of France it is referred to as Colza; aka Rapeseed (Brassica napus).

 

[JerryStroebele]

A great guide for you would be "The Way of the Gardener, Lost in the Weeds along the Camino de Santiago, by Lynden Penner, University of Regina Press, 2021. Fascinating. All about the flora and fauna. He walked in September but observed every living thing. People too! Also available on Kindle. Buen Camino

 

[Maxsmom]

Thank you all so very much for the images, reports and the book suggestion- I'm even more excited about my walk on the Way!

 

[naplesdon]

I have walked several Caminos in April and May. Here is just a sampling of what you can expect to see in bloom ...

A plethora of poppies
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A bounty of buttercups
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Billions of bluets
View attachment 182729

Dozens of daisies
View attachment 182730

Heavenly hibiscus
View attachment 182731

Glorious glads
View attachment 182732

An orchestration of orchid
View attachment 182733

Magnificent morning glories
View attachment 182734

Mounds of mint
View attachment 182735

Wonderful wisteria
View attachment 182736

Take your time ... stop and smell the flowers ... and maybe snap a photo or two ...

 

[naplesdon]

I have walked several Caminos in April and May. Here is just a sampling of what you can expect to see in bloom ...

A plethora of poppies
View attachment 182727

A bounty of buttercups
View attachment 182728

Billions of bluets
View attachment 182729

Dozens of daisies
View attachment 182730

Heavenly hibiscus
View attachment 182731

Glorious glads
View attachment 182732

An orchestration of orchid
View attachment 182733

Magnificent morning glories
View attachment 182734

Mounds of mint
View attachment 182735

Wonderful wisteria
View attachment 182736

Take your time ... stop and smell the flowers ... and maybe snap a photo or two ...

I think your buttercups are rapeseed, just saying.

 

[trecile]

Late May/early June 2024

 

[Keyser]

The poppies on the Meseta alone are worth the trip.

 

[Keyser]

The poppies on the Meseta alone are worth the trip.