With our mild winter and plentiful rain, the wildflowers are beautiful this year. If you happen to be in central Texas this week, take a drive through the hill country. The colors are amazing.
Bluebonnets and paintbrushes in the Texas Hill Country by Lake Buchanan
Roadside wildflowers
White and Bluebonnets
White bonnet close up
Closeup of Texas Paintbrush – Castilleja indivisa
purple phlox
Texas Baby Blue Eyes Nemophila phacelioides
The rain this winter has made everything happy this spring. All around us the trees are green, the flowers are bright and colorful and we are seeing more birds visiting the feeders than last year.
Lithospermum incisum, known as Fringed Puccoon.
Erodium texanum, also known as Texas Filaree, Texas Stork’s Bill, or Heronbill (Front)
purple prairie verbena (Glandularia bipinnatifida) (back left)
I had not noticed this tree until we did some clearing this past summer. After reading about it, I am glad we left it.
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PRSE2
The nights are still cool but the days are getting warmer. Flowers are starting to bloom in earnest and with the wonderful rain we have had in recent months, the Redbud trees are looking especially cheerful this year. Below are some photos from walks around the area this week.
Redbud Blossoms
The first of many bluebonnets in our yard.
I am in love with the Redbud trees. If they were fragrant they would be perfect.
Seed pod left over from last summer. Not sure what the plant is.
One trail we found had this old Toyota truck tucked away in a clearing. It looks like it has been there a while.
