Only seeing buds so far on the wildflower medians in Richardson... and on the bluebonnet flats delivered to Home Depot this week :-) They're so close, seems they must already be blooming somewhere further south.

they've been blooming for a week in Angleton Tx 50 miles or so south of houston

Just starting to see some bluebonnets along loop 1604 in San Antonio- first spotted last Sunday. Haven't gone south to see if they're further along. Seeing a lot of Indian Paintbrush (or is it Indian paint? The red ones?).

Lisa

Thanks for all of the responses!
I call the red or orangey-red flowers 'Indian Paintbrush' too Lisa.
It should be a great show this year with the moisture.

Near Helotes, we saw Texas Bluebonnets and the pink Golden-eyed Phlox blooming yesterday!

My bluebonnets have started blooming this week.

Molly

It's just getting started in central Texas (west of Austin). Should be a very good year for bluebonnets.

They are starting to really pop up in Austin.

Not in my area yet. Remember a few months ago when I was all excited because I had seen a whole slew of seedlings? I didn't mark the spot, and now all I can find is one plant. To be fair, the clover and other "native grasses" that make up our property are coming back full force, so maybe there's still bluebonnets hidden in there? It seems like they are usually blooming around Easter in Ellis county, so we'll see what happens in a few weeks.

I normally see them in the Dallas area around the first weekend in April, however I did spot a few patches of them around Beltline in Mesquite/Sunnyvale this morning. I expected them to be later with our long winter this year. Not sure if that matters.

The bluebonnet buds are starting to open on the few plants in my garden and the bluebonnets on the hillsides along MoPac are opening, too.

I saw some east of Austin yesterday, but they were just opening up.

Saw some north of Austin on rt 35 and somewhere in northern dallas, just can't remeber where. Decent size patches of them. Planning on going to ennis to see the most in a couple of weeks.

saw some in a yard across from azle high school in azle tz.

that's close to me bootscootengal :-) Thank you!

lots of firsts in my yard.
first bluebonnet

Iris

Just love it. The weather is still pleasant & each day there's some new beautiful blooms open

I have a single bluebonnet in my backyard garden bed. I have no idea how it got there in the first place??? Lol. It is shaping to be a very good year for bluebonnet. I'll be running at Bluebonnet 15K trail run next month in Burnet so that will be awesome!

maybe a gift from the birds, Lou?

Oh, they're beautiful!

I didn't get a picture but drove by the Azle High School today and saw the bluebonnets today. They were so blue and beautiful!

Bootscootengal, doesn't it look as it it were planted with a seed mat? I think that embankment had some recent regrading.

Thank you so much for telling me where they were.

It rained for almost my whole spring vacation and we never went anywhere except over to play with the grand babies.
I had one semi dry day that I used to get the last of the fall leaves out of the cactus garden. That really needed to be done. I found a $5 bill buried in the mulch :-)

Our lake is looking a bit better with the rain. We saw geese there for the first time in a really long time.

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PK- sorry you didn't get to take a road trip, but glad the water situation is easing up in your area.

Ths is from one pasture over from us.

Lisa

That pasture is just gorgeous!!

I saw the first bit of blue on 287 in Waxahachie, and we finally spotted about a dozen tiny plants in our yard yesterday!! None of them are even close to blooming, but maybe with the warmer weather and a bit of rain they'll make it. This is so exciting!!

That pasture is breathtaking!

Thanks for posting that picture. So beautiful! We've just moved from Austin to north of Houston and are really going to miss the Hill Country wild flowers.

4/1/15 Gorgeous showing of Bluebonnets, take I-10 W to Brookshire, continue to Sealy and take 36N to Bellville. Indian Paint Brush look like they have peaked but also a nice showing. Check out http://wildflowerstexas.org/ and http://wildflowersightings.org/sightings. Happy viewing!

The Ennis Bluebonnet Festival is this coming weekend (Apr 18). It is usually timed to be when the blooms are at their height of showiness.

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