The red-orange bracts of this wide-ranging wildflower remind us of a Texas sunset; they nearly hide the plant's tiny flowers. A member of the snapdragon family, the paintbrush is 8 to 16 inches ...

Wildflower seeds need a wet fall to germinate ... whose red-orange bracts mimic a Texas sunset. A semiparasitic, the paintbrush penetrates the roots of nearby plants, often grasses, for nutrients.

DAVID MONTESINO [email protected] During the Lone Star spring, more than 5,000 species of wildflowers grow along state roads. The Texas Department of Transportation buys and sows 30,000 ...

From the Hill Country to East Texas, the splendor of wildflower season delights Photographs by Theresa DiMenno T heresa DiMenno became enamored with photography when she bought her first 35 mm ...

Texas is renowned for its stunning wildflower displays every spring, but the timing and intensity of the blooms can vary significantly from year to year, influenced largely by weather conditions.

According to experts at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, wildflower season in Texas will be especially lush in 2023. “I think it’s going to be an above-average spring ...

AUSTIN (KXAN ) — It’s spring in Central Texas, meaning those lovely wildflowers are starting to bloom. While every Texan’s first thought would be to look for bluebonnets, there are other ...

“If predicting the weather is a challenge, then predicting the wildflower bloom for a big state like Texas is even more of a challenge,” says Andrea DeLong-Amaya, Wildflower Center ...

Nothing says spring has sprung in Texas with a prettier flourish than fields full of bluebonnet blooms, and according to experts at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, this season w ...

Austin, Texas, Feb. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Austin, TX – Experts at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center are predicting a mixed season for spring blooms this year due to the continuing ...

That's also why you shouldn't pick these flowers in the wild. So the 2025 wildflower outlook is a good one for southeast Texas with the peak bloom expected in mid-late April. Thanks to the cold ...