I love them all too, and can't get enough of them.

When we were fulltime RVers, we would cross Texas twice a year on our way south and I always enjoyed the wildflowers along the roads in the spring. If we hit it at the right time, it was just stunning to see acres and acres of color. I always said a silent 'thank you' to Lady Bird Johnson for those beautiful flowers. I don't know if she was really responsible for them but it is what I had been told. When I was growing up in Calif, in the spring the hills would be a solid mass of gold from the poppies, there are so few areas left that they can grow in, I don't know if they still put on such a show.

frostweed said:I love them all too, and can't get enough of them.

Me, too! They put a smile on my face whether I'm hiking near them or driving past them.

In this county they long ago seeded the roadsides with wildflowers, mostly native to our state, & it looks so lovely & puts a smile on my face too. I giggle with delight as we drive along. We have also noticed that when the wildflowers are blooming, there is no littering. People just can't bring themselves to throw litter out the windows of their cars & ruin the prettiness of the roadside. It's a win, win situation!

I love wildflowers because they take a hard place and make it beautiful!
Thanks for the pictures.
I do find that in the city ---- a lot of people do not understand wildflowers.
I suppose because they just grow, and are not planted in straight lines along chemical lawns.

Wow - love the photos, Linda. Your article really takes me back to a time when fields weren't manicured and when herbicides weren't used to rid the pastures of "weeds". 'Way back then, farmers tolerated wild flowers. They would raise sheep to follow the cattle through the fields because the sheep preferred the broadleaf "weeds" that the cattle wouldn't eat. Then the pigs would clean up whatever the others left behind and the chickens would clean up after the pigs. It was a win-win situation and that's what we used to call a farm. And it was a beautiful time, indeed!

Thanks for bringing that time back for me.

Love the flower photos, Linda! All the construction around us is pushing the wildflowers farther and farther out.

Your pictures are lovely, Linda! I love to see a spot along the roadside that has been seeded with wildflowers. Sometimes see a whole field of them in the cloverleafs and it is just gorgeous. But I also love to see the blue chicory randomly growing along the road side. It is amazing how such a beautiful flower can come from such poor soil.

Perfect!

Beautiful pictures. with all the comments.

Thanks so much, ya'll! I wrote this a while back and it just happened to be posted after my computer went on the fritz! I'm using another computer temporarily until mine gets back from the shop, just got this connected today. Yes, Lady Bird got the highway maintenance people in Texas to avoid mowing down wildflowers unnecessarily and then inspired the state and local highway people to plant more wildflowers along major highways. This fall the plants are trying to come back around here. The wild milkweeds were dormant from the drought, some have come back up, but I don't see any blooming along the roads. For some reason, the White Mistflower hasn't bloomed yet, even in my yard...mine is about to start, it's late! But the last couple of rains have been a big blessing, otherwise the blooms along the roads would be much less! Hoping for more rain this weekend! Oh, and there's still time to plant wildflowers that will bloom in the spring! I need to go get some bluebonnet seeds and get them planted right away!

The Texas Bluebonnets are amazing. A spectacular sight!

I agree, I sure enjoyed them when I was stationed in TX in the army back in the 80's. Anything to make Ft. Hood more bearable was extremely welcome!