Texas Wildflowers Beginning to Bloom
We are entering premium viewing season for wildflowers! There are many wildflower trails in Texas, whether designated trails or just bits of highway where the wildflowers appear. If you cannot do anything else, drive Highway 290 from Austin to Johnson City and continue on to Fredericksburg. You will be rewarded with roadsides covered in Bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrushes, for this is Lady Bird Land.
Lone-Star Wildflower Hot Spots
The Wildflower Hotspots Map on the Lone-Star.net site is a great place to start planning your trip. The map is split into clickable sub-maps of Brenham/LaGrange, Yoakum/Cuero, Llano/Burnet/Marble Falls, Willow City Loop and Austin.
Maps are great, but how about updated information about where the wildflowers may be viewed? The Wildflower Sightings page of the Lone-Star.net site is where you may read about the most recent sightings and post your own. Not sure if what you saw was a wildflower? Visit the Wildflowers Index, organized by bloom color.
Texas Hill Country Wildflower Trail
The Texas Hill country Wildflower Trail has a map and links to the towns on the trail. There is also a wildflower sightings page. I found the most recent information about wildflower sightings and actual driving instructions on the Fredericksburg site.
TxDot Wildflower Hotline
The Texas Department of Transportation maintains a searchable database of wildflower and fall color sightings. You may look by county, roadway or type of flora. TXDOT Travel Information line hosts the Wildflower Hotline: 1-800-452-9292, option 2, option 1.
Wildflowers in Order of Appearance
Jo Spencer has a wonderful website, where the wildflowers are listed by the month in which they commonly bloom. Here are the wildflowers blooming in April. The site map allows you to find wildflowers by their common name and click through to a page with a picture and information on the selected wildflower.
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Remember the old saying: April showers bring May flowers? In Texas, it is more like: What drought does not kill nor floods wash away, will burst into color from April to May.
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