Pacific Grove Magic Carpet

The park is well maintained and is landscaped with magic carpet ice plant and stone terrace walls.

Pacific grove magic carpet. It is a phenomenon unique to pacific grove one that generates more phone calls to local hotels than any other terrestrial occurrence in the county. There is no better time or place to escape and take it all in. Pacific grove magic carpet special. Drosanthemum floribundum or magic carpet as it is sometimes called is bloo.

It took hayes perkins about 14 years to plant the mile long stretch of flowers that bloom from april to august. Take a magic carpet ride to see pacific grove in bloom. Spring is the perfect time to escape your busy world for a well deserved getaway to our tranquil oceanfront retreat. Late april early may.

Take in the renowned pacific grove magic carpet of wild flowers that adorn the coastline. The ice plants were planted by the city of pacific grove in the early 1900s along a railroad that used to pass through it. Pacific grove ca 93950. He says weeds have been creeping in amongst the blooms.

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. 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. The city continues to maintain the plants today and encourages visitors to remain on the trail and not step on or damage the plants which have become a major tourist attraction for the city. Every year a majestic purple phenomenon takes over the rocky coastline along pacific grove s ocean view boulevard.

Get directions to perkins park. The pink purple iconic magic carpet along parts of pacific grove s coastline on monday. Known as the purple carpet the magenta ice plant or drosanthemum floribundum fully blooms and spreads its.