Magic Purple Carpet Pacific Grove

Magic purple carpet along the pacific grove coast.

Magic purple carpet pacific grove.

Pacific grove s magic carpet the incredibly colorful flowers get to bursting around the start of april. Photo captured with the fuji x100 compact camera. Somewhere in april and may every year the flowers go full bloom purple and it is call the purple carpet for a reason. Pacific grove sigh over monterey peninsula s magic carpet find the colorful ice plants around monterey pacific grove and neighboring communities in april and the beginning of may.

Amy colony the volunteer coordinator for the city of pacific grove has gathered roughly 20 to 30 gardeners and magic carpet aficionados to clear weeds and replant swaths of ice plants. It is truly one of monterey s best site seeing attractions. It took hayes perkins about 14 years to plant the mile long stretch of flowers that bloom from april to august. Beautiful purple flowers and scenery at the pacific grove coastline.

The purple carpet in pacific grove is just a site to behold. Laws says the upkeep of the pacific grove magic carpet has been inconsistent over the years. Known as the purple carpet the magenta ice plant or drosanthemum floribundum fully blooms and spreads its way down the shoreline and spills into the turquoise pacific ocean for a truly magical spectacle. He says weeds have been creeping in amongst the blooms.

It is only in full bloom a few weeks every year so do not miss this one. Every year a majestic purple phenomenon takes over the rocky coastline along pacific grove s ocean view boulevard. By alysia gray painter published march 20 2017 updated on march 28 2017 at. Fleeting though it is the magic carpet is perhaps the one feature of pacific grove that puts it on the map for visitors before all other attractions in the city.

Drosanthemum floribundum or magic carpet as it is sometimes called is blooming behind.