We’ve rounded up the state’s A-plus offerings, from flower arranging inspired by ‘Gilmore Girls’ to tufted rugs made famous on TikTok.
The Nature Conservancy paradise teems with colorful blooms—and on May 20, Texans have a rare chance to see them.
Conservationist Adam Black roams the state looking for endangered flora, which he shares with researchers around the world.
It’s one of the great rites of spring in Texas.
Eight tips from expert gardeners.
Brighten up your living room with a homemade Texas floral arrangement.
A Houston poet laureate on the hopeful defiance of her bluebonnets.
It's that magical—and all too brief—time in the city, when the heady blooms seem to make everything a little bit better.
Spring's roadside beauties are still growing strong.
Thanks to his wildly popular bluebonnet paintings, Dallas artist W.A. Slaughter is living on easel street.
No mantel in Texas is complete without a bluebonnet photograph. But as any amateur roadside shutterbug will tell you, it’s notoriously difficult to capture the stately flower on film. The bloom’s vibrant colors look washed-out; the petal’s delicate details are lost in a blur. “The flowers are small,” says
Our guide to finding Texas wildflowers that stand out in their fields.
Besides books and my own mistakes, I’ve learned almost everything I know about wildflowers from volunteering at the National Wildflower Research Center, Lady Bird Johnson’s visionary gift to Texas. Perhaps my inexperience was evident on my application, because the volunteer coordinator wisely placed me where I couldn’t do much harm,
1Find Yourself Texas has a range of soils and climates. To know what to plant, you have to know where you are among its ten vegetational regions.2Flower Plot Pick a sunny, well-drained site for your meadow. When choosing which flowers to plant, think about bloom times, size, and color.3Go
With a little planning and these gardening tips, growing your own wildflower meadow will become second nature.
During the infamous drought of 1996, roadside wildflowers frizzled and fried. But at the National Wildflower Research Center, just southwest of Austin, blossoms, shrubs, trees, and grasses were sleek and sassy. Why? Because 1995’s rains watered 1996’s flowers, thanks to the largest rooftop rainwater-collection system in North America. One of
Seven Texas photographers do their best to reinvent that time-honored, heartwarming, slightly cheesy tradition: the bluebonnet photo.
Wild for wildflowers. Plus: Brushing up on bluebonnet art.
With its wildflowers, Texas history, and romantic B&Bs, Washington County is an enchanted April getaway.
Head for the hills: Texas has a bumper crop of bluebonnets this year.
Okay, so photos of cute kids in fields of bluebonnets aren’t great art. That’s not the point at all.
What’s behind this year’s rampant display of wild flowers? The birds and the bees, of course.
