Will there be many bluebonnets in Texas this year?
 

I was very much hoping to fly to San Antonio, rent a car and travel to the Texas Hill country especially to see the wild flowers. I was planning to do this about the first week in April. I hear that there has been little rain in that area of Texas this year so far. Those of you in the know, will the wild flowers be late or non existant because of this lack of rain? Has there been any significant rain there lately?

Thanks, Margo

Hi, Margo. I don't think they will be non-existant, but they probably won't be as grand as usual. But please don't let that deter you from visiting us!! Central TX has so much to offer besides wildflowers.

We had a nice little storm pass thru Friday that included a couple of inches of rain . . just in time! . . It has been dry however and it is hard to predict the bluebonnets.

Rich

Forgot to mention . . If you are driving North of S.A. a trip to Fredricksberg would be agood idea . . there is a wilflower seed farm just outside of there with fields and fields of wildflowers.

Rich

I've done a little research and already have the Wildseed Farms near Fredericksburg on my list. Also someone suggested the Wildflower Research Center near Austin. And the LBJ Ranch.

Someone also mentioned the Scenic Willow Loop. Could someone tell me where that is?

Any suggestions for interesting places to stay in the Fredericksburg area? Other things/places to see?

http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail...lid=XFA128-014
this is site for willow loop

Here's another site for you for the loop:

http://www.lnstar.com/mall/txtrails/...owcityloop.htm

We did the Scenic Willow Loop last year for the first time. I can't believe we've missed that all these years, but it'll be on our list of things to do every spring from now on.

The Texas Dept of Transportation runs a wildflower hotline in the spring at 800-452-9292. Call them for updates. Many of the wildflowers you will see are planted by TXDOT in highway rights-of-way.

Great thread, Margo. And all the ideas, links, and suggestions have us planning a spring trip to Texas. We haven't been to Big Bend in YEARS, so may try to include it. Any suggestions for the Big Bend area?

Thanks!

We will be in San Antonio mid-March. What is the best way to see the blue bonnets and will they be in bloom? Thanks.

Starting to see some bluebonnets in Houston. This is the first weekend I noticed them. Saw them in Memorial Park.

In San Antonio, I saw bluebonnets for the first time last week in small patches here and there along 1604... and in one of the neighbors yards!

We saw a handful on the way to Canyon Lake yesterday.

Saw none at all Friday on our back-roads drive from San Antonio to Fredericksburg then the Willow City Loop--except those for sale on the tables at the Wildseed Farm. :) Who knew...there are also white and yellow bluebonnets!!

We saw a few as we drove out to Marble Falls on Saturday. Although it was a dry winter, maybe there's hope for our beloved bluebonnets. :-)

We are going to San Antonio on Wed. Any ideas on the best way to see the bluebonnets? We'll we need to rent a car to do so?

laurelee, where are you staying? I suspect you'll need a car. The bluebonnets I saw were in patches along 1604 near Braun Road on the NW side of town. They're not in great abundance yet but so pretty and nice to see.

We are staying on the riverwalk--the Marriott. We were thinking of seeing them on Sat. and maybe just rent a car for the day if there is a good place to go and if they are blooming.

If you decide to rent a car for the day I would take Hwy 90 west to Hwy 151 (towards Sea World)--Hwy 90 is nothing to write home about but 151 is pretty and the blue bonnets are there. You could follow 151 until it ends at 1604, head east to I-10 west and take a drive to the hill country and perhaps have lunch in Boerne. On the way home you could take I-10 east all the way back to downtown.