My Top Picks for the 2014 Spring Wildflowers

Most of these were taken in Guadalupe county, and a couple were taken in Gonzales county. Each season has it's star blooms and blossoms. Spring features the bluebonnet, with a supporting cast of Indian paintbrush, coreopsis, phlox and assorted daisies. Of course, Texans are highly partial to the bluebonnet, but as you can see, there are some other awesome wildflowers to be found during the spring season. 

Bluebonnets Cover the Land

For a few weeks, every year, Texas turns blue….the bluebonnets bloom and cover fields and meadows, they line roadside shoulders, they pop up in yards across the state. We appreciate the state highway deptartment's long-time program to spread the seeds across the state. What a wonder it is to behold fields of blue as we travel the highways and byways.

Bluebonnets Up Close and Personal

Texans take great pride in the bluebonnet. It blooms in March and April, and is gone by May, but Ooooooh, while it is in bloom, we celebrate. There are bluebonnet photo contests, and lots and lots of folks stopping to wade through roadside blankets of blue to take pictures of their children sitting in the patches of flowers. 

I am just like so many other Texans with a camera in my hand, down on my knees to get as close as possible to the beauteous blue blooms. Here are a few shots to prove it!

Bluebonnets, Phlox and Yellow Englemann's Daisy