Thursday, March 29, 2012

Bluebonnets and Paintbrush

It's bluebonnets and paintbrush time in Central Texas. Here are a few blooming in my garden:



Both the bluebonnets and prairie paintbrush have naturalized in my front garden, so they are popping up everywhere:







Yellow paintbrush:



Here are some bluebonnets along with lavendar and damianita:



Bluebonnets, primrose, and species tulips:





It has been a most splediferous spring so far in Austin this year. Such a nice departure from the super-dry springs we have had the past several seasons. I'm gonna enjoy it while I can, since I'm quite sure it is gonna get really hot, really quickly beginning in a couple weeks. For now though, I'm basking in the spring rains and glorious flowers of the season.

2 comments:

sandy lawrence said...

Just picture postcard perfect! Great balance, too. Do you maintain that by pulling out a lot of the pink primroses? Mine are trying to take over everything, and I'm considering pulling most of them up this year. Last year, I pulled out 2/3 of them, but they are back more than ever!

Lee17 said...

Sandy,

I do pull some of them, usually they come out with the chickweed when I'm pulling up that.Mostly, I just kinda let nature take it's course, though. They always die back by the time it's 100 degrees in June anyway.