Thistle

Our wildflower area – which we leave untouched for most of the year – has some beautiful-looking thistles. We don’t like them in our lawn and in the flower beds, but enjoy them in that wildflower area.

Thistle in Full Bloom

A Wall of Mexican Hats

From This Perspective, the Mexican Hats Seem to Form a Veritable Wall

A Sea of Mexican Hats

We didn’t have many bluebonnets this spring, but we do have an abundance of Mexican hats now:

Mexcican Hats Galore

That’s the area at the north-east corner [the intersection of Lower Crabapple and Frederick Roads] of our property which we keep unmowed because of the wildflowers.

Bluebonnets

Bluebonnets

A Carpet of (Wild)flowers

Saw this gorgeous field of wildflowers a little more than a week ago, across E. Mulberry Street from the Golden Hub Senior Centre here in Fredericksburg:

Wildflowers in Abundance

A Month Ago …

… the Bluebonnets were in full bloom:

Bluebonnets in the Evening Sun – Off Middle Creek Road

Wildflowers

Here in our garden in Fredericksburg we don’t have many wildflowers this spring, but our old place in Karnes County has an abundance in the driveway:

Karnes County Wildflowers