Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Blooms of Spring


In order of appearance
(All photos were taken on our property
with the exception of the dogwoods)


Wild Pear


Grape Hyacinth


Crabapple


Bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrush


The bluebonnet is the state flower of Texas.
When I returned to Texas in 2010 we had no paintbrushes.  
I made a comment to that effect on this blog 
and who else but TexWisGirl came to my rescue, sending seeds.  
Paintbrush has a reputation of being difficult to grow.  
This spring we have almost as many of these beautiful wildflowers 
as we do bluebonnets.  
Thank you again, dear friend.

                                            Dogwood                                

Pink Dogwood

Bearded Iris

12 comments:

Randy said...

These are all so colorful and beautiful. I like the Bluebonnets.

TexWisGirl said...

thank you, dear kathy. that made my night. truly.

Kate said...

Your yard must be a place of real beauty when these marvelous flowers bloom!

Kate said...

Your yard must be a place of real beauty when these marvelous flowers bloom!

MadSnapper n Beau said...

they are all very beautiful, i like the crabapple best of all and the dogwood is second.

Sharon said...

Now that really is a coincidence. So many beautiful photos and all right there on your property. Fabulous.

EG CameraGirl said...

Ah, you know how to make a Northerner feel jealous, don't you?

Grandma Barb's This and That said...

Thanks for sharing your beautiful spring flowers! We have nothing like that here yet.

Amy Burzese said...

So pretty! Your place must be lovely in spring. I hope to see the famous bluebonnets one day.

Jeanne said...

Beautiful!! I am so anxious for blooms here.

Judy said...

Perfect spring pictures! And your iris picture looks just like Sharon's picture. My favorite flower, and I got to see two this morning!

Gail Dixon said...

What a sweet thing for Tex to do! Now we get to enjoy them, too. What lovely blooms. I can imagine how heady the scent is on the hyacinths. The dogwood blooms remind me of Portland.