John Sawatka
City:
Washington County
Crossroads:
NorthEast Sector Flower Types:
bluebonnets, paintbrush, phlox, others
Comments:
On 21-23 April we stayed overnight twice. Hit all the highways and byways-many fields and clumps. You need to get out, compose and shoot, not gripe about no big fields. Drive up from 290 thru Chappel Hill, turn onto 1105 and look for "Lillian Farms" -it was a landscape of beauty. Go West on 390 towards Independence; check the side roads, we found Whitebonnets, yellow paintbrush - but you've gotta look in the clumps of the usual colors! They're on the wane now, go back next year - this is the best area in Texas for wildflowers! When other state areas are arid, they always get enough moisture for great growth here.
4/29/2008
From:
B. Edwards
City:
Houston
Crossroads:
FM 362 north of 290, East of Hwy 6 near Navasota Flower Types:
bluebonnets, paintbrushes, primroses, verbena
Comments:
There are some beautiful pastures with bluebonnets, paintbrushes, and primroses blooming in patches. It looks like a Monet painting. Highway 6 also has some pastures with pink primroses splashed through the green grass.
directions:
From Houston
Take U.S. Highway 290 (Northwest Freeway) West toward Austin.
Exit at FM 362.
Turn right onto FM 362
4/18/2008
From:
Joyce Mayor
City:
houston
Crossroads:
390 Independence to Burton Flower Types:
everything! and lavendar!
Comments:
ride with your windows down and you will smell the sweet lavendar all over the place.
4/18/2008
From:
Judy
City:
Hempstead, Industry, Chapell Hill, LaGrange, Fayetteville, Schulenburg
Flower Types:
so o o o o many
Comments:
Rex from Louisiana was right on ! ! ! I took the 'blue roads' in that same area and as time allowed, I was in awe. A really wonderful show was before my eyes. Poor Robert - - - sounds like his eyes were on the gas gauge !!
4/18/2008
From:
Bella Nguyen
City:
Brenham
Crossroads:
5 miles before Breham on 290 Flower Types:
bluebonnets, primerose, paintbrush
Comments:
about 5 miles before city of Brenham (heading west on 290 to Austin from Houston) there is a huge field of bluebonnets on the right plus the red barn in the back ground. the bluebonnets cover about 80% of the field. you can park at the real estate office named "Beaver" there is a long dirt road so you can park along the road. After you done taking the pictures with bluebonnets then walk across the field to the other side of the entrance gate of "chapel hill lake" you will see a beautiful patch of primroses, bluebonnets, paintbrush with a lake down the hill... very nice setting for pictures. Oh, one more thing: PLEASE, WALK WITH CARE, LOVE THE FLOWER, DO NOT ABUSE THEM BY OVER EXCESSIVE STEPPING OVER THEM.
4/16/2008
From:
Wayne Robertson
City:
burton
Crossroads:
FM 2679 south of FM 390 Flower Types:
two specie fox glove and paintbrushes plus unknowns to me
Comments:
About 3 or 5 miles south of 390 on 2679 at a sign with #4253 on the west side of 2679 is an absolutely stunning mix of fox gloves and paintbrushes. Plus many yellows and tiny blue flowers in a clump. First time I had seen both types of Fox glove in the same locale.
4/16/2008
From:
Robert From Houston
City:
Hempstead, Industry, Chapell Hill, LaGrange, Fayetteville, Schulenburg
Crossroads:
many Comments:
Sorry to differ with Rex, but the areas mentioned are the WORST that I have seen in the past 16 years. Don't waste your expensive fuel unless your expectations are meager.
4/16/2008
From:
Rex From Louisiana
City:
Hempstead, Industry, Chapell Hill, LaGrange, Fayetteville, Schulenburg
Crossroads:
multiple Flower Types:
bluebonnets, paintbrush, primrose, verbina, phlox
Comments:
Just returned from a 5-day trip to Waller, Washington, Lavaca, Fayette, and Colorado counties. Despite some gloomy reports, I found magnificent mixes everywhere. SR 159 from Hempstead to Industry is a bouquet. At Industry, from 159, turn onto Industry Road and follow to Blue Hole Rd to be rewarded with breathtaking fields of mixed paintbrush, primrose, verbina, and some of the best phlox I've ever seen. Hurry!! Don't miss this. US 290 just east of Chappell Hill has the large field of bonnets that's usually there. Peaking...SR 159 from Industry to LaGrange find primrose, paintbrush and some bluebonnets, but don't miss the field just west of Fayetteville on the left of 159. Picture perfect. South of Schulenburg from US 77 turn west on to SR 532 to the Komensky Settement. Turn right onto CR 1245 and approx. 1 mile on the left, be prepared to be amazed at the acres of mixed, mostly paintbrush. Get out there now. On also every back road I took, I found wildflowers. More primrose than I've ever seen. The blue bonnets may not be what they have been in past years, but the others more than make up for it. Get on the back road, but do it now. You'll find wildflowers and photo ops galore.
4/16/2008
From:
Jennifer Ponder
City:
La Grange
Crossroads:
71 close to La Grange Flower Types:
bluebonnets and indian paintbrush
Comments:
Ok so I'm a novice at this. We found one huge patch of each kind of flower going north on 71 just before you reach the La Grange (actually just before you reach the Smokehouse). The bluebonnets are on the right and the top of the patch there is a really nice house with horses.
4/14/2008
From:
Carla Davis
City:
Pottsboro TX
Crossroads:
Denison Damsite Flower Types:
bluebonnets, paintbrush, puccoon, poppys
Comments:
The Damsite Is covered up With litte blue, pink,and other colors They just need to grow some more. But the flowers are there. Also almost all the roadsides on the area have all sorts of flowers. Hiway 75 welcomes visitors to Texas with a red carpet of crimson clover. Just watch the roads you never know what you will find. We found Albino bluebonnets a couple of days ago. What a Treat!!!
4/13/2008
From:
N. Snow
City:
5 miles south of Weimar
Crossroads:
FM 155 & FM 2144 Flower Types:
bluebonnets, paintbrushes and various others
Comments:
Responding to a comment from one of the postings. We took a day trip out to see these amazing fields of bluebonnets that he found just 5 miles south of Weimar and while they ARE amazing and 100% covered with bluebonnets...it's totally encompassed by a barbed wire fence so there is no way to get in there and take a photo. Oh well, they were still beautiful and on the way back to I-10 we found another patch that was just off the beaten path and were able to squat down and grab a photo without the fence in the way. Thanks!
Previous posting:
I discovered the only large field of bluebonnets I've found this year just south of Weimar in Colorado County. Take FM 155 south about 5 miles to the intersection with FM 2144 at New Bielau. There's a tremendous field nearly half-a-mile long which is full of bluebonnets with some paintbrush and primrose mixed in - coverage is nearly 100%!
4/13/2008
From:
Mike & Pat Huereca
City:
North of Brenham on Hwy 36
Crossroads:
10 miles north of 290 on Hwy 36 from Brenham Flower Types:
combination of indian paintbrush and bluebonnets
Comments:
We found this fabulous field of Red Indian Paint Brush and blue bonnets. Another landmark is the Historical marker on the east side of highway, and 1 1/2" miles north of there on the right going north. Field is about 50 yards wide and maybe 1000 yards deep. Has green pine trees in fields which adds to the look.
See sample photos that our 25 year old son took at
this link
4/10/2008
From:
Mike & Pat Huereca
City:
Breham
Crossroads:
36 & 290 Flower Types:
bluebonnets
Comments:
Great giant field of solid bluebonnets, from La Quinta, behind Super Walmart to Home Depot.
We traveled many roads and this is by far the only place to be!
See sample photos taken by our 25 year old son here.
4/10/2008
From:
Linda Meeks
City:
Brenhan
Crossroads:
36 @ 290 Flower Types:
bluebonnets
Comments:
In front of and behind LaQuinta - Too bad rude people were trampling them down just to stand in the middle of them for a picture! Don't they understand the picture will be just as good if they stand in front of the flowers! Save some for others to enjoy!
4/10/2008
From:
Cheryl Mccall
City:
Springtown
Crossroads:
Hwy 52 and hwy 199 Flower Types:
similar to rain lily
Comments:
These look like a rain lily or a wild onion. But there is no onion scent or flavor. The flower is creamy white, with green at the base of the flower and blooms all Spring. I can't seem to find a name for it, or a category.
4/10/2008
From:
Leslie Travis
City:
Houston
Crossroads:
t c jester Flower Types:
mostly bluebonnets
Comments:
Since getting out of the city for my annual trip to see the flowers keeps getting pushed back - and I'm sure I'm not the only city dweller to have such bad fortune so far - I was driving along both T C Jester just north of the loop today and was amazed at the large patches of bluebonnets along the drainage ditches. Now these aren't just little ditches but very wide and deep drainage areas for heavy rainfall. Some of the patches were quite thick and large in area.
4/9/2008
From:
Bill Purcell
City:
Schulenburg area report - 4/8/2008
Comments:
I took a vacation day yesterday to explore the Schulenburg area. Overall, the wildflowers there are about the same as I've seen in the past - but in the spring of 2008 when so many other locations are completely barren, these are most likely the best wildflower displays you'll see this year, and the viewing out there is much better than anything you'll find near Brenham, Bellville or Hempstead.
I discovered the only large field of bluebonnets I've found this year just south of Weimar in Colorado County. Take FM 155 south about 5 miles to the intersection with FM 2144 at New Bielau. There's a tremendous field nearly half-a-mile long which is full of bluebonnets with some paintbrush and primrose mixed in - coverage is nearly 100%!
There are a few large fields full of primrose or a paintbrush/ primrose mix as you continue on FM 155, then west on FM 532 toward Komensky and Moulton. South of Praha on FM 1295, there's a very large field of paintbrush and primrose near Novohrad in Lavaca County. If you take FM 957 south out of Schulenburg, there's a house at the edge of town with a large display of phlox. Further south, just after passing through St. John, there's a tremendous field of paintbrush on the Fayette/Lavaca County line. The field is in mid-late bloom, so it might not look good for much longer. You can also find some decent mixed displays by traveling some of the back roads north of Schulenburg, roughly between Ammansville, High Hill and Dubina.
As is the case with most photographers, this is not a year in which we've been able to find massive displays of wildflowers, so like all the others, I find myself - somewhat grudgingly, I must admit - concentrating more on closeup/macro shots. Nonetheless, I think I've captured a few decent shots.
You can view my '08 gallery here: http://imageevent.com/mpurcell/txwf2008
All the best,
Bill.
4/9/2008
From:
Hp Dina
City:
Brenham
Crossroads:
Scenic 390 Sundown Ln / Horstmann Rd Flower Types:
bluebonnets
Comments:
Field - behind barbwire fence - acre or more just bluebonnets. Takes your breath away !! Bee and butterfly heaven.
4/9/2008
From:
Conor Cunningham
City:
Austin
Crossroads:
Austin 290 to Fredericksburg, then 965 and 16 to Llano Flower Types:
bluebonnets + usual others
Comments:
Went this weekend to photograph them and were disappointed. They are out there, but usually in small stretches and not in many good spots to photograph. I think we stopped at one spot the whole weekend - the rest were too small to be a good photograph.
Last year I went up to Burnett area and had a *lot* more success.
4/8/2008
From:
Sharron Gentry
City:
Montgomery
Crossroads:
FM 105 W of Walden Rd Flower Types:
bluebonnets
Comments:
We have a field of plentiful bluebonnets.
4/8/2008
From:
Tony Crowley
Crossroads:
Brenham area Flower Types:
many
Comments:
Just spent 6 days in the Brenham area. Made a very detailed report with pictures here: Brenham report
4/8/2008
From:
Laura Balla
City:
Independence
Crossroads:
FM390 Flower Types:
bluebonnets, indian paintbrushes, yellow flowers and pink primrose
Comments:
4-6-2008: On Scenic route FM390 from State Hwy 105 all the way to US 290 through Independence, north of Brenham. Lots of bluebonnets, some fields full of them especially one of them east of Independence on FM390. Some fields full of paintbrushes and some mixed with bluebonnets and paintbrushes. Also some fields full of yellow flowers - not sure what they are. West of Independence towards US 290 there were pink primrose mixed in.
4/7/2008
From:
Scott E Keeper
City:
Fredericksburg area
Crossroads:
290 from Austin to Fredericksburg Flower Types:
the usual suspects.
Comments:
Very disappointing roadtrip. I thought we had the wrong month! No areas blooming near Fredericksburg at all. Small mature clumps maybe 8' across scattered here and there, but that was it. This leads me to believe it won't get better later. If the bonnets and paintbrush plants were there, they'd all be blooming right now. East on 290 from Giddings to Hempstead then 1488 to magnolia was better, but still nothing like years past.
4/7/2008
From:
Harvey Mallory
City:
Georgetown
Crossroads:
Hwy 16 & FM 1323 Willow City Flower Types:
bluebonnets, paintbrush
Comments:
Willow City Loop [north to south]. Very little color showing. Local residents claim dry winter has caused severe reduction in wild flower growth this season.
4/7/2008
From:
Carlos Alvarez
City:
College Station
Crossroads:
Washington on the Brazos Flower Types:
bluebonnets, indian paintbrush, yellow and pink ones
Comments:
The State Park is relatively barren of flowers. We were there two weeks ago and again this past weekend and did not find much there. There are some nice patches of bluebonnets and paintbrush along hwy 105 on the way to Brenham and especially some nice ones north on the scenic farm road 390 toward Independence.
4/7/2008
From:
Sheetal Ts
City:
katy
Crossroads:
I-10 & 71 Flower Types:
indian paintbrush, bluebonnets & buttercups
Comments:
Took a road trip from Katy to Austin wildflower center.
Went on I-10 & 71. Had some really good patches of Indian paintbrush, bluebonnets & buttercups. I-10 near Brookshire had huge nice flower patches. But not like last year. Last year we saw variety of flowers on 71.
On the way back we took 290. its a disappointment, should have taken 71 itself. couple of ranches filled with bluebonnets and coreopsis.
4/7/2008
From:
John Paul
City:
San Antonio
Crossroads:
Fredericksburg / Llano / Burnet areas Comments:
The area is pretty bare at the moment. While there are some clusters close to the road, they have yet to appear for the most part. Even the typical hotspots (Willow City Loop, Lake Buchanan, Park Road 4) were pretty barren. I stopped by the Wildseed Farms near Fredericksburg (also pretty bare). They said the season was a little late and didn't expect much before mid-April. Just have to keep going back over the next few weeks.
4/6/2008
From:
John Paul
City:
San Antonio
Crossroads:
I-10 from San Antonio to Houston Comments:
Took a trip to Houston this weekend. Wildflowers coming up pretty well on the median and sides of the road - particularly around mile markers 633, 642-644, 659-660, 665-677, 682, 691-693, 700-703, and 720
4/6/2008
From:
Devin Faulk
City:
Midway, Texas
Crossroads:
Hwy 21 Flower Types:
albino, paintbrush
Comments:
Doing a wildflower collection for 7th. grade science class.
Did not realize this flower was rare, until we saw on the web site Now sorry we picked it.
4/6/2008
From:
Cj Jenko
City:
Kemah
Crossroads:
105 & 390 Flower Types:
bluebonnets, paintbrush, iris, primroses
Comments:
Thought not as abundant as last year, there are some pretty fields of bonnets and brushes and some lovely sides of the road in this area.
4/6/2008
From:
Teri Heyer
City:
Kerrville
Crossroads:
Goat Creek Rd. Flower Types:
wild verbena gone!
Comments:
The Wild verbena on Goat Creek Road are gone, mowed down with the grasses & weeds. If you look really close a few wildflowers escaped the mowers.
4/6/2008
From:
John Duvall
City:
Lockhart
Crossroads:
Moravia, Praha, Moulton area. Also 713 between McMahan & Jeddo Comments:
Multi-colored brilliance. Fields & fields of wildflowers
4/6/2008
From:
Terry L
City:
Cedar Hill
Crossroads:
I-20 and at Cedar Hill Sp Flower Types:
bluebonnets, paint brush
From:
Teri Heyer
City:
Kerrville
Crossroads:
Goat Creek Rd. Flower Types:
wild verbena
Comments:
Pretty displays of Wild verbena!
4/4/2008
From:
Bob Sousa
City:
Willow City Loop
Flower Types:
none!!
Comments:
Willow City Loop is totally barren of any wildflowers this year..maybe next year!!!
4/4/2008
From:
Michael Obrien
City:
Katy Texas
Flower Types:
bluebonnets and many others
Comments:
Surprised at how many wild flowers have come up in outer areas around Houston. Went on a trip up hwy 6 from Houston and there were many bluebonnets, indian painbrush and others. This looks to be a banner year in this area but I felt they were not yet at their peak and will go up this weekend. Until then if you live around Houston area enjoy a banner year for wild flowers.
4/4/2008
From:
Amy Gonzlez
City:
Just outside of Waller
Crossroads:
Liendo Pkwy & 290 Flower Types:
bluebonnets galore!
Comments:
there is an entire field that is phenomenal on the right if you are coming from Houston.
4/3/2008
From:
Leslie Travis
City:
Houston
Crossroads:
Memorial Park Flower Types:
bluebonnets, indian paintbrush
Comments:
What a great surprise last Sunday to see large patches scattered all through Houston's big park. I was on my way to the softball fields from Loop 610 and saw thick patches all around the park. My best friend and I are planning our annual trip Thursday [4/3]. We usually head up toward LaGrange or through Schulenburg or up to Washington on the Brazos. Any good routes near any of those places would be great!
4/2/2008
From:
Laura M.
City:
Eagle Lake
Crossroads:
Calhoun Road nearer to FM 102 Flower Types:
bluebonnets
Comments:
a ways down the road... around a curve... LARGE field of bluebonnets.
4/2/2008
From:
Patricia Schmitz
City:
Austin
Flower Types:
indian paintbrush, bluebonnets, phlox, various yellows
Comments:
Joy Hirvonen, the median on Hwy 6 between Navasota and Hempstead was already displaying paintbrush, bluebonnets and various yellows (I can't remember all the names) last Friday and I would guess by this weekend it should be showing pretty well. If you're going on to Bellville and have time to explore west toward Nelsonville on 159, the area bounded by Hwys 159, Hwy 109, FM 2502 and FM 2754, and any other side roads you are brave enough to explore should be blooming pretty well with paintbrush, bluebonnets, phlox, and many "yellows" by the weekend. We're planning a more extensive trip next week in Washington, Austin, and Fayette Counties where we've found numerous great spots on backroads that aren't on any state map, thanks to Rich Olivieri and the other guys that travel around the area and report on all the beautiful flowers for us to enjoy.
4/2/2008
From:
Susan Stephens
City:
Jacksonville, Florida
Crossroads:
Southside Blvd at Philips Hwy Flower Types:
texas bluebonnets
Comments:
Moved to Florida (NE Florida/Jacksonville) from DFW area about two years ago. I was driving around the Southside area of town, by the Avenues Mall, when i came upon some Texas bluebonnets on the median and on the side of the road. It was almost a religious experience for me... and made me homesick for Texas and wildflowers! I will go back today and take pictures. It was truly a beautiful sight to see in northeast Florida!
4/2/2008
From:
Larry Wilson
City:
cedar park tx
Flower Types:
bluebonnets
Comments:
lots cropping up on 1431 between cedar park and marble falls
4/1/2008
From:
Ken Biggs
Crossroads:
photos needed Comments:
Calling all wildflower photographers! We still need the photos of the following wildflowers:
silky camellia - Stewartia malacodendron (east Texas)
chocolate flower - Berlandiera lyrata (central, panhandle, west Texas)
guayacan - Porlieria angustifolia (west Texas)
scurfy pea - Psoralea cuspidata (gulf coast, central, panhandle, west Texas)
Send your photos in jpg format to wildflowers@lone-star.net.
We appreciate your help in providing this resource for all our visitors!
Ken Biggs
Lone Star Internet, Inc.
4/1/2008
From:
Carla Davis
City:
Denison
Crossroads:
Lake Texoma Damsite Flower Types:
bluebonnets, indian paintbrush, puccan
Comments:
Just beginning to show, has been cloudy last few days, but when the sun comes out it will bust wide open.
3/31/2008
From:
Pam Anderson
City:
Cuero/DeWitt County
Crossroads:
FM 766, FM 953, and Bellevue Cemetary Road Flower Types:
buckeye, wine cup, antelope horn, blue curls and numerous common wildflowers
Comments:
Buckeye near Guadalupe r. on FM 766. Standing wine cup, antelope horn, blue curls and numerous common wildflowers.
The Wildflower Museum is open 7 days per week during the month of April. www.dewittwildflowers.org.
3/31/2008
From:
Robert Hoggard
City:
Hempstead area
Crossroads:
Hwy 6 to College Station Flower Types:
bluebonnets, paintbrush
Comments:
Road trip to College Station, bluebonnets and paints were more plentiful than 2 weeks ago. Another week or two should be a nice show.
3/31/2008
From:
Melissa Tantibanchachai
City:
Eagle Lake
Crossroads:
Calhoun Rd. Flower Types:
blueboneets
Comments:
Yup there were large fields full! Did have to drive down Calhoun Road a bit. Almost turned around and then I saw them.
3/31/2008
From:
Frances Cushing
City:
Austin,
Crossroads:
Hwy. 71 Austin to Houston; Hwy, 290 from Houston to Brenham and Austin Flower Types:
bluebonnets, paintbrush, pink primrose, coreopsis, phlox, prickly poppy,etc.
Comments:
From Austin to Highway 10 on Hwy. 71 it is absolutely beautiful.The sides of the road and the median strip are bands of bluebonnets, paintbrush and pink primrose with coreopsis towards the Houston end and on Highway 10.
Returning from Houston on Hwy. 290 there are huge areas of coreopsis, paintbrush and bluebonnets before the turnoff to Chappelle Hill on 1155. Some patches of flowers on 1155 but not like last year. Looping around on 105 back to Brenham and then to 290 towards Austin, there are lots of areas of bluebonnets and paintbrush, and some lovely patches of phlox.
3/31/2008
From:
Jennifer Davis
City:
IH 10 West
Crossroads:
from Katy to Flatonia Flower Types:
bluebonnets, buttercups, yellow flowers in fields, paintbrushes, and a red flower
Comments:
2007 had a beautiful show of wild flowers along IH 10 and 71 to Austin. They had plenty of rain last year but this year the rain has not been as plentiful. It shows. Hardly any wildflowers in New Braunfels and Seguin areas.
3/30/2008
From:
Laurie Hillman
City:
Georgetown
Crossroads:
35 North and South Flower Types:
blue bonnets
Comments:
Spring is here! I wait each year for the little bluebonnets to poke their heads up and turn the hills into waves of blues. Some folks have amber waves of grain here in Texas we have blue waves of bonnets. At last spring. Blessings
3/30/2008
From:
Patricia Schmitz
City:
Austin
Flower Types:
bluebonnets, paintbrush, phlox, primrose
Comments:
On our way back from Nacogdoches to Austin Friday where we had enjoyed beautiful azaleas, we made a quick jaunt down Hwy 6 from Navasota to Hempstead then through Bellville, Nelsonville, Blieblerville, Industry, Star Hill Rd., Cemetery Rd., Shelby, Round Top, LaGrange, Hwy 71 to Austin. Indian paintbrush, bluebonnets, and evening primrose and beginning to show pretty well, but there are good signs that this area will be blooming fairly well in the next couple of weeks. There were especially beautiful fields of predominantly phlox with other mixed flowers on both sides of Hwy 159 about 1/4 mile east of Industry. We'll take a more comprehensive trip through all the back roads sometime in the next two weeks.
3/30/2008
From:
Laura M.
City:
Eagle Lake
Crossroads:
Calhoun Rd. Flower Types:
bluebonnets
Comments:
Large field FULL of bluebonnets... Calhoun Road nearer to FM 102.
3/30/2008
From:
Doug L.
City:
Huntsville
Crossroads:
19 and 30 Flower Types:
paintbrush, bluebonnets, primrose
Comments:
all along 19 to riverside, not tall or profuse but definitely wildflowers. Beautiful drive
3/30/2008
From:
Lori O.
City:
Euless Tx
Crossroads:
Hwy 121 and Glade Road Flower Types:
bluebonnets
Comments:
Getting pretty thick on the hills beside the highway...almost time for picture taking...maybe one more week will be perfect.
3/29/2008
From:
Cynda B
City:
Houston
Crossroads:
I-10 and Seguin Flower Types:
bluebonnets, paintbrush, butter cups (pink primrose), scarlet flower-unidentified
Comments:
Traveled from Houston to San Antonio, and saw many patches of bluebonnets and paintbrush, but around Seguin we spotted a large patch of scarlet red flowers and did not recognize the flower. Can anyone tell me what they were? We did not see them the rest of the way.
3/29/2008
From:
Ray White
City:
tomball
Comments:
I just returned from the Hill Country and was dissappointed. It was very dry and I saw no wildflowers at all around the Willow City loop area or any where else in the hill country. I did see some on I-10, also on 71, and some around New Ulm and Industry but not nearly like last year.
3/28/2008
From:
Doris Day
City:
jasper
Crossroads:
courthouse Flower Types:
bluebonnets
Comments:
In response to Courtney in Beaumont, the Jasper CourtHouse has bluebonnets, not sure if they allow taking pictures in the bluebonnets. Also if you go down West Houston street, there is a home before you get to the corner of West Houston & Marvin Hancock that has a lot of bluebonnets. You may want to ask if you could take pictures there.
3/28/2008
From:
Patricia Glass
City:
Cedar Creek
Crossroads:
Oak St and Leisure Lane Flower Types:
wild plains indigo
Comments:
I have several of these growing in my wooded area between the road and the tank. Growing in the shade. Whad a pretty flower and a special treat. I had never seen them before. They look like yellow wisteria on a small bush.
PATRICIA
3/28/2008
From:
Pauline Singleton
City:
Angelina National Forest
Crossroads:
Upland Island Wilderness Area Flower Types:
hoary azalea (rhododendron canescens)
Comments:
Easter weekend, some of the wild azaleas were in full bloom; many were still in the bud. The weekend of March 29-30 should still be a very good time to see them.
redbuds mostly finished in this area. dogwoods starting to bloom.
3/27/2008
From:
Brian S. Cook
City:
Between Houston and San Antonio
Flower Types:
bluebonnets, indian paintbrush, buttercup
Comments:
There are many patches between Houston and San Antonio where the wildflowers are abundant. Not really many blanketed areas....but still worth the drive, especially on the San Antonio half.
3/27/2008
From:
Poki Sawyer
City:
Morgan's Point Resort
Crossroads:
Hwy 190 Bell County Flower Types:
bluebonnets
Comments:
Our bluebonnets have started to appear, they are short and not profuse, but they are here!
3/26/2008
From:
James Eads
City:
killeen
Crossroads:
123 Flower Types:
all kinds
Comments:
Wildflowers are really pretty on 123 and down around Beeville
3/25/2008
From:
Connie Hoagland
City:
Bastrop, TX
Crossroads:
71 & 21 Heading towards Bastrop Flower Types:
bluebonnets, indian paintbrush, orange and pink ones dont know what they are
Comments:
First time I have seen bluebonnets. They are wonderful.
3/24/2008
From:
Tom Collins
City:
Alvin
Crossroads:
at RR underpass on Hwy35 Bypass just S. of Hwy 6 Flower Types:
bluebonnets
Comments:
nice patch on both sides and center divide
3/24/2008
From:
Lori Buffum
City:
Bellville
Crossroads:
Hwy 36 from Bellville to Brenham Flower Types:
indian paintbrush, bluebonnets
Comments:
The paintbrush came first, now the bluebonnets are filling in. This may be considered a backroad but is one of my favorite roads for finding good roadside displays and fields filled with flowers and cows!
3/24/2008
From:
Harvey Mallory
City:
Georgetown
Crossroads:
Hwy 71 Brenham to Giddings Flower Types:
bluebonnets, paintbrush
Comments:
Encouraged by early blossoms
3/24/2008
From:
Craig Goralski
City:
Houston
Crossroads:
Hwy 71 Between Bastrop and Tollway 130 Flower Types:
blue bonnets, paintbrush
Comments:
We have also been dissappointed so far in the sparse flowering; hoping Aprils Showers bring...
3/23/2008
From:
Steve Murray
Crossroads:
390 in Independence Comments:
Old Baylor Park looked wondefull Friday
3/23/2008
From:
Dee L
City:
Plano
Crossroads:
Spring Creek Pkwy and Parker Rd Flower Types:
bluebonnets
Comments:
bluebonnets are starting to bloom behind the Spring Creek College campus and beside the nature preserve
3/22/2008
From:
Carla Davis
City:
Pottsboro TX
Crossroads:
Cemetary RD and FM 120 N Flower Types:
bluebonnets
Comments:
First I have seen in the Lake Texoma area. They are a litte small but they are there. A patch of them are behind the Kitchen cafe and scattered around the yard of the house behind. The Denison Dam area should be spectacular this year with the amount of rain we have had this year.
3/22/2008
From:
Barbara Crotty
City:
Bellaire
Crossroads:
Memorial Park in Houston Flower Types:
bluebonnets and some red wildflowers
Comments:
There are two large profusions of bluebonnets in Memorial Park, one of which is blended with a scarlet colored flower. Couldn't tell what it was from the car.
3/21/2008
From:
Jason Schlitz
City:
Houston/Woodlands
Crossroads:
Hardy Toll Rd. Flower Types:
bluebonnets
Comments:
bluebonnets are along the Hardy Toll Road near Bush Airport and also along I-45 in The Woodlands.
3/21/2008
From:
Sally Turney
City:
Angleton
Crossroads:
hwy35 by Bucee's & Shipley's Flower Types:
bluebonnets
Comments:
The annual display has begun! Look for the 'Do not mow' sign.
3/21/2008
From:
Robert Hogg
City:
Houston
Crossroads:
US 290, Chappel Hill, Brenham, Washington Area Flower Types:
bluebonnets, paintbrush
Comments:
During a road trip to the Washington County Area, I was disappointed with this year's lack of color so far. Still a little early. First week of April should put on a nice show.
3/20/2008
From:
Linda Faulk
City:
Lajitas/Presidio
Crossroads:
along the River Road Flower Types:
bluebonnets
Comments:
I also saw bluebonnets along the side of the road on our way to Big Bend from Presidio during the first week in March. The highway along the Rio Grande between Lajitas and Presido may be the most scenic drive in Texas and the bluebonnets made it all the more beautiful.
3/17/2008
From:
Dee L
City:
Plano
Crossroads:
Spring Creek Pkwy and Parker Rd Flower Types:
indian paintbrushes
Comments:
Starting to bloom behind the Spring Creek Campus by the Nature Preserve
3/16/2008
From:
Larry Schaunaman
City:
Houston
Crossroads:
I-10 Schulenburg Area Flower Types:
blue bonnets
Comments:
A little early for the wildflowers. Small scattered patches of indian paintbrush from Sealy - San Antonio. Only one patch of bluebonnets about 5 miles west of Schulenburg around MP 670 - MP 667. Came back on HWY 159 La Grange - Bellville and saw no bluebonnets.
3/16/2008
From:
Jon Gray
City:
terlingua/marathon
Crossroads:
in big bend Flower Types:
bluebonnets
Comments:
march 2nd through the 5th there were roadside bluebonnets along the park roads in big bend from the chisos basin to terlingua. they were medium size but easy to see .
3/15/2008
From:
Sandra Porter
Crossroads:
Lake Buchanan Flower Types:
none
Comments:
I was at the Lake Buchanan area yesterday for the first time since last March, and was VERY dissappointed that you can no longer walk up on the observation deck at the dam, as it is all fenced off. The visitors center is gone also (maybe they moved it, but there was no indication to where)
The area around there and Llano is very dry and we didn't see any indications of wild flowers but it is still a little early I think. It is still a beautiful area to visit though.
3/14/2008
From:
Philip Hawkins
City:
Austin
Crossroads:
La Crosse Ave at Mopac - Wildflower Center Flower Types:
bluebonnets
Comments:
The first of the bluebonnets have started blooming in the Wildflower Center gardens. Many seedlings have been seen on the Trails and they should start blooming in a several weeks.
3/13/2008
From:
Teddy Wilson
City:
Brazos County
Crossroads:
FM 2154 and Highway 159 Flower Types:
update: indian paintbrush
Comments:
The indian paintbrush continue down Wellborn Raod (2154) all the way to Highway 6, and there are some down Highway 159 to Highway 105.
3/13/2008
From:
Teddy Wilson
City:
Navasota
Crossroads:
Highway 90 and FM 3455 Flower Types:
bluebonnets
Comments:
The first bluebonnet sighting of the year: outside of Navasota, about a mile down Highway 90 east of town just before 3455. There is a small group of them about 100 feet long, and the flowers have not reached their peak yet.
3/13/2008
From:
Lynne G
