'Tis Texas Bluebonnet Season

Bluebonnet at the Houston Arboretum 

Bluebonnet on the Banks of Braes Bayou at the Medical Center / Herman Park 

Texas Bluebonnet Flower on the Meadow at t\he Houston Arboretum 

Last chance to see Bluebonnets at Memorial Park

Honey bee visiting a bluebonnet flower 

Field with bluebonnets at Houston Arboretum 

Perimeter of meadow at the Houston Arboretum lined with bluebonnets 

Apache Grove at Memorial Park - Wildflower Site

Wildflower patch at Memorial Park: popular photo-taking spot 

Apache Grove on Memorial Drive near walking path and running trail
on Memorial Loop Drive - West 

Spring Wildflowers in Memorial Park

Seasonal Texas Bluebonnets - Proof that Spring has arrived 

Dogwood bloom 

Winecup 

Bluebonnets under the power line 

Wildflower Patch at Memorial Park - Apache Grove 

Memorial Drive at the Wildflower site - Lieberman Running Trail
View from the pedestrian bridge

First Bluebonnets and other Spring-time wildflowers in Houston

The iconic bluebonnet - close-up view

Wildflower site in Memorial Park
near pedestrian bridge over Memorial Drive and Woodway 

Apache Grove at Memorial Park 

Winecup in a meadow with bluebonnets 

Bee visiting a black berry flower 

Trumpet honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) 

Wildflower site at Hermann Park, Bayouland alongside Braes Bayou

Spring wildflowers within city limits ... spectacle of colors!

Bluebonnets with butterflies, ladybugs, and bees, other insects

Ladybug on Bluebonnet Cluster

Small butterfly on bluebonnet

Picture of bee visiting a blue bonnet flower

Tiny greenish insect on bluebonnet

Bluebonnet with lady bug with car passing in background

First bluebonnets spotted in Memorial Park: March 5, 2014 (and other early bloomers)

First Bluebonnet on Memorial Drive, spotted March 5, 2014

Not quite yet -- Bluebonnet Season, but they are on their way. Here is a pic of an early one on the embankment of Memorial Drive near the railroad trestle bridge in Memorial Park, a known bluebonnet habitat. There will be many more on the meadow between Woodway and Memorial where the rusty iron sculpture is most notable landmark, and on the corner of Memorial and Loop Drive / Jogging Trail, which is a designated wildflower area. There is even a sign in place to mark the grassland that has already turned a lush green again and will soon be dotted with blue and red specks to ring in the arrival of Spring with vibrant colors. 

There are other blooms and blossoms to enjoy already, not to mention colorful berries from last fall's crop that have been passed up by the birds, and defied the wintery weather. 

Blooming rosebud twigs over Memorial Drive