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Among California’s big attractions is the famed Wistaria plant open to the public for viewing just one day per year at Sierra Madre Wistaria Festival in March. It is the world’s largest blossoming plant and billed as One of the Seven Horticultural Wonders of the World.

• Weighs approx. 250 tons
• 1.5 million lavender blossoms
• More than one acre in size
• Planted in 1894

California BIG!

Some say California is too big and they want to split it into several states. It’s actually not the biggest, land-wise. It ranks third under Alaska, then Texas. California does have some big things, however, such as…

• Biggest population of US states, close to 40 million
• Biggest tourism draw of US states
• Biggest state budget $170.9 billion
• Biggest state and local debt $1.3 trillion ($6,440 debt per person is mid-range nationally)
• Biggest foreign born population and biggest undocumented population
• Biggest homeless population — California accounts for 28% of US homeless individuals
• Biggest welfare expense, $44 billion in 2017
• Most cars and pollution of any state

Big

• Biggest trees in the world
• Tallest trees in the world
• Biggest crops in US of these: Almonds, Flowers, Bulbs, Melons, Cantaloupe, Plums, Dried Apricots, Flowers, Cut Melons, Honeydew, Pluots, Artichokes, Flowers, Potted Plants, Milk and Cream, Pomegranates, Asparagus, Garlic, Nectarines, Raspberries, Avocados, Grapes, Raisins, Nursery, Bedding Plants, Rice, Sweet Beans, Dry Lima, Table Grapes, Nursery Crops, Safflower, Broccoli, Grapes, Wine, Olives, Seed, Alfalfa, Brussels Sprouts, Hay, Onions, Dry Seed, Bermuda Grass, Cabbage, Herbs Onions, Green Seed, Ladino Clover, Carrots, Parsley Seed, Cauliflower, Kale, Peaches Clingstone, Spinach, Celery, Kiwifruit, Peaches Freestone, Strawberries, Corn Sweet, Kumquats, Peppers Chili, Tomatoes Processing, Cotton American Pima, Lemons, Peppers Bell,  Lettuce Head, Persimmons, Vegetables Greenhouse, Dates, Lettuce Leaf, Pigeons and Squabs, Vegetables, Oriental Eggplant, Lettuce Romaine, Pistachios, Walnuts, Escarole, Endive, Limes, Plums, Watercress, Figs, Mandarins