Earliest you can see the meseta in bloom?

[Ungawawa]

So I have just a quick question: What's the earliest in the year that you can see the meseta green?

I've been there late May and it was stunning with all the wheat and poppies. How much earlier can you get in the year before it's all just tiny sprouts in the ground?

Thanks!

 

[Deleted member 43985]

I started early April 2016 and the wheat fields were amazingly green, the Canola was a sea of yellow and crowds were still pretty low.

 

[sugargypsy]

So I have just a quick question: What's the earliest in the year that you can see the meseta green?

I guess that depends a lot on how long and cold the winter has been before. For instance this year we had a mild winter in Europe, almond blossoms are already flourishing at my place, last year they started blooming towards the end of March.

 

[Terry Callery]

Wild Irises blooming on the Portuguese Route March 1st!!!!

 

[Ungawawa]

Thanks everyone. So it sounds like if I started around the beginning of April I shouldn't miss anything in terms of green and flowers!

 

[Jeanne from Washington]

What is the approximate time for the poppy fields to bloom? I'll fly back to Seattle on May 28th, but would LOVE to take pictures of the poppy fields

 

[Ungawawa]

What is the approximate time for the poppy fields to bloom? I'll fly back to Seattle on May 28th, but would LOVE to take pictures of the poppy fields

Yes, I'd love to know this too. Anyone know from experience?

 

[Ungawawa]

That was June 4, 2017.

 

[Jeanne from Washington]

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That was June 4, 2017.

Thanks. Looks like I will definitely miss the red poppy fields.

 

[Anniesantiago]

Thanks. Looks like I will definitely miss the red poppy fields.

Not necessarily. I looked back through some of my May Caminos and there are plenty of poppy fields to be seen. Here is one link. This is May 27, but there ARE some earlier May posts in other years that show wildflowers.

To Los Arcos - 2018

Today, Linda and I took the bus to Los Arcos. My cold was still in full swing and I feel weak-kneed and Linda’s ankle was still quite swolle...

caminosantiago2.blogspot.com

Here is one on the Aragones route from May 22 that shows poppy fields:

Day 8: San Juan de Pena

Today was a GREAT day! I finally made it to the monastery and we were so happy we bought the tickets on the bus from Jaca! It included ...

caminosantiago2.blogspot.com

 

[Jeanne from Washington]

Not necessarily. I looked back through some of my May Caminos and there are plenty of poppy fields to be seen. Here is one link. This is May 27, but there ARE some earlier May posts in other years that show wildflowers.

To Los Arcos - 2018

Today, Linda and I took the bus to Los Arcos. My cold was still in full swing and I feel weak-kneed and Linda’s ankle was still quite swolle...

caminosantiago2.blogspot.com

Here is one on the Aragones route from May 22 that shows poppy fields:

Day 8: San Juan de Pena

Today was a GREAT day! I finally made it to the monastery and we were so happy we bought the tickets on the bus from Jaca! It included ...

caminosantiago2.blogspot.com

Thanks for the lovely pictures. I would love to see them, but will be very content to be able to see the beauty of the wildflowers and green fields. Crossing my fingers nothing stops my April 10th from SJPP pilgrimage across Spain.

 

[Corelacka]

What is the approximate time for the poppy fields to bloom? I'll fly back to Seattle on May 28th, but would LOVE to take pictures of the poppy fields

This was on 3 June 2019 before Hontanas -lots of poppies and other wildflowers. Gorgeous!

 

[trecile]

May 26, 2019

 

[Anniesantiago]

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This is just spectacular! We saw fields like this on the Aragones just below the Monastery one year.

 

[Marie_pri]

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That was June 4, 2017.

Beautiful

 

[Rebekah Scott]

It depends! Winter has been mild this year, and tiny carpets of daisy- and iris-like flowers are blooming very near the ground RIGHT NOW, along with jonquils and some purple vetch-like weeds. Fields are bright green with feed crops and winter cover. Different wild flowers take turns blooming in waves, much depending on rainfall, frost, and altitude. One year the poppies bloom in May, the next year in June, with blue cornflowers, rapeseed (canola) yellow, all the spectrum of the vineyards, huge fields of sunflowers usually wait until July to hit peak, but that varies, too! My years of living on the meseta say that late June is the sweet spot. But there's no guarantee. If you keep your eyes open, something is blooming March - October!

 

[ObeeOne]

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I am booked for early May: I hope this beauty is in bloom and also hope that the current pandemic is passed.