When Lisa Negri of SummerHome in Denver came to visit and told me she’d never seen bluebonnets, I made it my mission to find us some blue.… Read More
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The wildflower reporters I follow — and my own eyes — say this is a poor year for Texas bluebonnets and other spring wildflowers, especially from Austin west into the Hill Country. Our ongoing drought kept seedlings from germinating last fall, and there hasn’t been much rain this spring to nudge stragglers into bloom. But east of Austin, the picture is brighter thanks to better rainfall.
So when Lisa Negri of SummerHome Garden in Denver came to visit last week (here to give a Garden Spark talk) and told me she’d never seen bluebonnets, I made it my mission to find us some blue. And we did!
For our wildflower safari last Thursday, we drove east to Giddings and then meandered along two-lane farm-to-market roads between Giddings and Independence. A blue haze in the distance finally hinted at what was ahead — a field of bluebonnets!
The sun was too high for good photos (take an early morning or late afternoon drive for best photography), but our eyes were not disappointed.
I was happy to see Lisa’s delight in the flowery meadows we found. It never gets old for me either, hitting the jackpot of a bluebonnet field.
No complaints about a pink field of evening primrose either!
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