Pictures - Bluebonnets Fields and other Texas Wildflowers in the Spring
81We love to take a drive out into the countryside in the Spring of each year when the bluebonnets and other wildflowers are reputed to be at their peak in Texas and take some pictures.
Many people have the same idea and when the cars start stacking up on the sides of the roads, one can pretty well rest assured that a beautiful sight lies ahead. With cameras in hand, the cars are vacated and people wander into the fields to see and record that year's bounty of bluebonnets and other wildflowers of every hue and description.
Wildflowers and Lady Bird Johnson...
When President Lyndon Johnson was in office from 1963 to 1969, his wife "Lady Bird" made the seeding of wildflowers and beautification in general one of her prime points of focus.
Shrubs and trees were planted and wildflower seeds were sown not only in Texas but across all of America. She deeply cared about the environment but also it's natural beauty.
Partly due to her efforts the Highway Beautification Act was passed in 1965.
Field of Texas Bluebonnets
Lady Bird Johnson
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Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
In 1982 Lady Bird Johnson along with Helen Hayes founded the National Wildflower Research Center.
She personally donated 60 acres of land plus over $100,000 to further these efforts.
On Lady Bird's birthday in 1998 it was renamed in her honor.
The Lady Bird Wildflower Center continues the research and work of environmentally making our land beautiful and sustainable for future generations of people.
A quote from Lady Bird Johnson...
"We are obligated to leave the country looking as good if not better than we found it."
The roads today are splashed with an array of colorful seasonal flowers and can be enjoyed year after year as most all of the wildflowers are self-seeding and therefore generate the next seasons crop of eye-catching beauties.
Bluebonnet Spring
Some of the Texas wildflowers I photographed last April...
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Bluebonnets and other Texas Wildflowers
Texas Wildflowers (2010)
Enjoy your area's wildflowers!
Springtime generally offers a spectacular show of blooming wildflowers in most areas of the country.
We can thank Lady Bird Johnson for the heightened awareness and implementation of this beautification project and its impact on the environment.
She has left behind a beautiful legacy and we can feast all of our senses because of her efforts on behalf of all Americans.
Hope you enjoyed my pictures.
Now get out there and photograph some flowers of your own!
If you happen to be living or visiting in Texas, the bluebonnets and other wildflowers are waiting for your picture taking and pleasure every Spring!
Location of fields of wildflowers each Spring
Brenham, Texas - 
Bryan, Texas - Wildflower seeds
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Other flower related hubs by Peggy W...
- Capturing Memories ~ Alstroemeria Flower Photos
Like cut flowers that last a while? See photos and videos of these alstroemeria beauties. - Pictures ~ Wildseed Farms ~ Fields of Flowers ~ Fredericksburg, Texas
- Pictures of Easter Lilies Bloom in our Backyard
- Pictures of Wildflowers in our Subdivision Greenbelt Area
- Gift of Val St. Lambert Crystal Vase, Tulips and Memories
- Pictures of Roses, Flowers, Plants in our October Houston Garden
More hubs by Peggy W...
Fields of Texas wildflowers
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- Wildflowers of North Idaho
Common wild flowers of North Idaho are one of the things that make hiking such a pleasure. Their beauty is unsurpassed and their life fragile.
Springtime in Texas (Be forewarned...if you start watching this video, you won't want it to ever end!)
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Hi Peggy, I'm always discovering something new in your collection of hubs. I just love this one on Texas wildflowers! I've photographed many of them myself, but never knew the names of many of them. Your photographs are spectacular!
Hi Plants and Oils,
Perhaps you are right. Wildflowers in any guise are always welcomed and add splashes of color whereever they are found.
We have lots of wild flowers, but not these - I think they like warmer and drier climates than south England, perhaps?
Hi Plants and Oils,
Do you have bluebonnets growing in your area? I know you would have wildflowers as they grow everywhere. It really is pretty around Texas in the Spring of the year and Lady Bird Johnson is partially responsible for the grand show along the highways...not only in Texas but all across America.
Thanks for your comment.
How wonderful! I really enjoyed this.
Hi again Jimmy,
Thanks for the wonderful compliment.
Yes, the photos are mine unless otherwise identified. I told someone in another hub that my favorite souvenirs of travels are my photographs. When I get home, the first thing I used to do was have the film developed (prior to digital cameras, of course) and then assemble them into photo albums. I took daily notes when traveling so as to make the identification process of the photos easier.
So glad that you are enjoying these hubs. Have many more to write...so stay tuned.
Peggy, I have to tell you. I have browsed all of your hubs and you always have such fantastic pictures. It is amazing. I haven't read your full profile but did you take the majority of pictures in your hubs ? The reason I ask is just there are so many diverse and beautiful places you write about and have pictures of.. It seems a life well lived. Beautiful photos.
Thank you so much Raven for answering Iphigenia's question. Am sure it will answer it for others as well.
Texans have a lot in which to be proud! We love living here!
Happy Easter to you and a virtual hug back to you.
Hi Iphigenia. Blue bonnets are not blue bells. Blue Bells (Wood Hyacinth) latin name Scilla nonscripta. Flowers are larger and droopy.
Blue Bonnets are the state flower of Texas. Blue Bonnets latin name Lupinus subcarnosus. Flowers are smaller and pointed like wolf's teeth hence the name Lupinus.
Peggy your hub reminds me that I am proud to be a Texan.
Happy Easter! Many HUGS!
Hello kiran8,
Happy that you liked the photos. Thanks for the comment.
And greetings Iphigenia,
I have no idea if they are the same in fact. It is certainly possible. As to Jack in the Box......we have them here also but they are more like little violets not at all similar to the bluebonnets.
Guess we need a botanist to answer this question for us.
Lovely - I wonder are bluebonnets the same as the flowers that are called bluebells in the UK an here in France jacinthe de bois - I think the botanic name is wood hyacinth ?
Amazing pics, they are so lovely- thanks a lot
Hi RKHenry,
Thanks!
Hello Jerilee,
Happy that I could bring back some of these memories for you. This truly is a beautiful time of year down here. So much color in the fields as well as our yards. Our azaleas have peaked but put on quite a show this year as did our camellias and redbud tree. Since we have not had a good hard freeze all winter, our impatiens, begonias, salvia and other plants are adding so much color to our yard. The Easter lilies have buds about to open.
We especially like this time of year prior to the heat of summer arriving.
Thanks for your comments, Jerilee.
Excellent!
Hello Teresa,
The Biltmore Gardens are gorgeous. With Lady Bird there and all her entourage of secret service, were you able to roam freely or were you kept at a distance until they left? Just curious.
We also got to see her, although at a distance at their country residence outside Austin. They were setting up tents and loads of chairs for some kind of outside event. She was quite the lady in every sense of the word.
You must have been hiking in Spain in the Spring? We were there in the summer and the places we got to see.....Madrid, Toledo, Barcelona and Majorca had the usual amount of flowers but not the impressionist painting you described.
Thanks for your comments.
I had to laugh when I mentioned "eye candy" in this hub because I was thinking of your latest "eye candy" hub of the men in jeans. It generated a ton of comments for you and I thought to myself that flowers are probably not in the same league for generating comments. LOL
Hi Lupo, I remember those days when we lived in Wisconsin. Sometimes the tulips would start popping up through the last vestiges of snow and they were so welcomed! It meant that soon we would be seeing so much more. Glad to give you this virtual peek at Spring.
Wild Texas bluebonnets in a field awash with them is one of my fondest memories of living in Texas years ago. Great hub!
Beautiful. I love the wildflowers that are planted along the interstates, too. Once when we were evacuated from a hurricane (Floyd, maybe) we ended up in Asheville, NC, and took the opportunity to visit the Biltmore estate -- and there was LadyBird Johnson, visiting the Rose Garden, with all her secret service men (who were real cute). It was like seeing a piece of American history (I'm not usually a gushy, patriotic type; in fact, not at all, but it was neat to see the lady).
One of my favortie memories of hiking in Spain is all the wildflowers along the roadside like an impressionist painting. Glorious. Thanks for this lovely hub.
Thank you for the great early (virtual) spring Peggy! Some flowers have popped up here but things are still pretty gray.
Somehow I am not surprised! Ha!
We are already battling on the forums
OK John and GT, Think I'll let the two of you duke it out. Ha!
PW- No you don't
Texas Rangers!
Hey GT, We do have a few other sports teams in Texas! Ha!
Wow, KCC.........you must be in your glory about now with all those beautiful flowers in bloom! Guess if you have them in your own yard each year you do not have to take photos. LOL
I can't handle the cowboy fans
Hey goldentoad, Silly in like crazy like a fox? We love it here! Very friendly people!!!
As Bob Barker used to say, "Come on down!" You'd like it.
I'm trying, I'm trying! LOL
Nice hub, PeggyW....I have most of those you showed in my front yard, of course my yard is 20+ acres. LOL
Hi C.C., You are up late like me. Just published this and you, John and goldentoad have already commented. Wow! Glad that you liked this one!
Hey John, As you and I well know, Texas is a beautiful state! Guess we need to show folks more of Texas through our hubs. Thanks for the comment.
Texas is a silly state, but I like your hub PW!
Wow! wonderful pictures. Love them. Ladybird was one of Texas' best kept secrets for a looong time. i have some of the commevorative stamps for the flower beautification of which you speak. great hub dear Peggy
What an amazing hub. I hope people who think of Texas as just a silly state with nothing but tumbleweeds and flat roads read this hub and see how beautiful and lucious Texas really is! Thanks for the great hub! And the cool photos!
--John
Peggy W Hub Author 13 months ago
Hi Stephanie,
Too bad the Texas wildflowers and bluebonnets were not as spectacular this year by way of numbers. Just too dry a year when the emerging plants needed water. Maybe next year! Thanks for the compliment and also your comment.