Wildflowers

It is wildflower time in Texas--the state with more varieties of wildflowers and more miles of wildflower-strewn roads than any other state.  And this year--thanks to the abundant fall and winter rains, the wildflowers are putting on a show that is spectacular.

Last week we took our visitors from Connecticut and Kansas City to Wildseed Farm, a 200 acre farm that specializes in raising wildflowers and harvesting the seeds for resale.  Wildseed is located about 7 miles east of Fredericksburg, in the Texas Hill Country.  The many varieties on the Wildseed plots were just beginning to come into bloom--promising many weeks of colorful displays.

We will be back--this show is too good to miss!

Meanwhile, here in New Braunfels, 70 miles south, the flowering has already begun--even in our own back yard.

Last year we bought three bluebonnet plants and placed them in the back of the yard where we have a rocky meadow.  Bluebonnets are an annual--not a perennial--so the spreading of bluebonnets comes from the seeds that fall from mature plants and lay fallow until the following year.  Our three bluebonnet plants have seeded themselves and we are enjoying these lovely flowers right out our windows.

More to come!