Natural History Wanderings

Wildflower Watching in Brenham Texas: Texas Wildflowers and Bluebonnets has the following wildflower report for April 29,2013

There are STILL bluebonnets! They are sprinkled in nicely with all the other beautiful wildflowers we have – lots of indian paintbrush, indian blanket, coreopsis, evening primrose, verbena, prickly poppies, and a whole lot more! It seems like every road I drive on now has a variety of flowers to “oooh” and “aaaah” over. It really is a beautiful time of year ot visit.

As for the actual fields of bluebonnets, they are definitely fading now. The fields on Hwy 290 East of Chappell Hill are nearly no more. One side is still good enough, but the other is not. The field behind La Quinta is still there, but fading.

FM 2621 is a really beautiful road to travel on right now – so many different colors, including bluebonnets, as well as FM 390. Hwy 290 East has replaced bluebonnets with lots of indian blanket and evening primrose. Oh, and winecups are plentiful, too! Like I said, it seems like every road has some kind of beautiful flower along it.