The famous Flowering of Castelluccio di Norciawhich every year attracts thousands of visitors with its colored expanses, in 2025 it was very different from the usual. June was marked by aprolonged heat wave and from an almost total absence of rainselements they have compromise evidently the development of spontaneous flowers and cultivated plants, in particular the lentil igp.
In the first twenty days of June, in fact, there was no precipitation on the plateau of Monti Sibillinilocated at almost 1,500 meters above sea level. The lack of water determined theearly fans of flowers He blossomed in the middle of the month, preventing the formation of that “glance” that characterizes the intermediate phase of flowering, historically the most spectacular and that every year attracts thousands of tourists.
Hope is called third sowing (and the rains of July)
Despite the disappointing initial impact, however, not everything is lost. Castelluccio farmers have always made one triple sowingprecisely to deal with meteorological unexpected events. And it is precisely the third sowing to keep the hope of a spectacular recovery of flowering alive: the abundant rains fall between Wednesday and Thursday may have provided the necessary stimulus for one new wave of colors Among the Pian Piccolo, the lost pian and the San Lorenzo floor.
This “block” flowering phenomenon is well known to the usual speakers of the plateau, but those who have visited Castelluccio only in mid -June could have been disappointed. However, as the farmers point out, it is necessary avoid alarmism: similar events are not new and fall, at least in part, in the natural climate variability Unfortunately, in altitude despite even the climate change here are doing more and more master.
Castelluccio, beauty goes beyond flowering
And then the message of the inhabitants is clear: Castelluccio is splendid in every seasonand its beauty does not end with flowering. Rather than focusing on viral images or hasty comparisons with the past years, it is important to live the territory in its entirety, respecting it and walking without trampling on the cultivated fields.
We also remember that Castelluccio is a heritage to be preserved and that still, 9 years after the devastating earthquake of Central Italy, still struggling to get up And he needs the help of all of us to return to live, even if this year the nature has not been clerily with his flowering.
