Everyone knows about the bluebonnets, Indian Paintbrush and the more famous wildflowers but with our abundant rainfall this spring, the wildflowers just continue to bloom. As soon as one variety stops blooming, another . . equally as pretty . . flower pops up.
The open spaces are just full of flowers!
Wildflowers
A lot of these we haven’t seen before. I guess the seeds have been dormant, just waiting for sufficient rainfall to make them sprout.
It was a windy day when I was out taking pictures. I have no idea what most of these are called and I know . . I could do a little research but I’m just happy to enjoy their beauty and some day I’ll educate myself about some of the things growing around here.
Wildflowers
These little lime “flowers” are so pretty and dainty. They’re a vine and they grow up the trees and fences. Thank goodness they don’t have thorns because every other vine around here seems to have obnoxious thorns!
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Wild verbena is everywhere and it seems to last the longest. That’s one of the first flowers that starts blooming at our place and as far as I remember, it’s blooms all summer long . . just give it a bit of water and it takes over. It doesn’t mind if it’s growing in the rich garden soil, or among the rocks of the driveway.
Wildflowers
There are lots of purple flowers – some bright, some pale . . but always a lot of purple.
Wildflowers
It’s surprising to me that the weather conditions seem so harsh here – ice in the winter, heat and drought in the summer . . but yet there are so many beautiful wildflowers. Out in the country, there’s nowhere you can look that you don’t see wildflowers this time of year.
We should all take a lesson from the wildflowers and bloom where we’re planted, right?
Dottie N. says
Amen!
Joyce says
I love lots of flowers…especially ones I don’t have to plant! My father always claimed even dandelions were pretty and didn’t really try to kill them. It was a losing battle anyway. The neighbor’s yard was pretty much solid with them. I have violets all over my back yard, and I would never consider killing them.
Dorothy Matheson says
The yellow ones in the top photograph are probably green thread (theospernum) or they could be coreposis. The white are most likely flee daisies. The purple circle is a thistle. The others I do not know.
D
Sherrill says
Yep, I’ve been seeing so many also! Yesterday I saw the most beautiful yellow flowers on a huge bunch of cactus. REALLY caught my eye!! Wish I’d pulled off and taken a photo.
Swooze says
Love your pics!
Swooze says
Here is a fun site http://www.texaswildflowerpictures.com/wf_index.htm
Ranch Wife says
It took me quite a bit longer when I last drove down to see my mom and I’m blaming it all on the wildflowers. I stopped a lot just to enjoy them. Our wildflowers here are different than in Texas, but like you, they are blooming abundantly with the spring rains.
PS: Thinking of you all tomorrow.