wildflowers

This image was taken in 2024 on CR 198 (Brown School Road) in Lavaca County. Photo by Murray Montgomery

This image was taken in 2024 on CR 198 (Brown School Road) in Lavaca County. Photo by Murray Montgomery

Drought Dampens 2026 Texas Wildflower Outlook

Murray Montgomery
Friday, March 13, 2026
By Murray Montgomery  -  Staff WriterSpring in South-Central Texas brings a colorful display of wildflowers, though the 2026 season is proving varied and somewhat patchy due to dry fall conditions, uneven rainfall, and ongoing drought in parts of the region.
This photo of a honey bee on a bluebonnet was taken many years ago at Vsetin. Photo by Murray Montgomery

This photo of a honey bee on a bluebonnet was taken many years ago at Vsetin. Photo by Murray Montgomery

On the hunt for wildflowers

Murray Montgomery
Friday, March 14, 2025
By MURRAY MONTGOMERY     Staff WriterTrying to predict an upcoming wildflower season in Texas can be as hard as trying to predict the weather in the Lone Star State – it isn’t easy.Experts at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (LBJWC) tend to agree.
Art by Michelle Price

Art by Michelle Price

A white bluebonnet in a field of blue

Jimmy Appelt and Bobby Horecka
Thursday, April 6, 2023
By: Jimmy Appelt & Bobby Horecka Art by: Michelle Price Most anyone who has driven much any distance at all lately has likely gotten an eyeful of the many fields to be found that are just as blue as the sky thanks to our magnificent state flower, the Bluebonnet.
Bluebonnets in Lavaca County, near Vysehrad School.

Bluebonnets in Lavaca County, near Vysehrad School.

Spring blooms early in 2023

Bobby Horecka
Thursday, March 16, 2023
While it isn’t technically springtime yet, you wouldn’t know it to look out at the fields around Lavaca County. Plenty of sunshine and warmer temperatures have greeted some Texans with a surprise early guest: bluebonnets, Indian paintbrushes and winecups, galore.
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