Plano’s Bluebonnet Trail Greenbelt is popping with blooms. Bush Presidential Library at SMU, features a one-mile network of trails that walks visitors through native Texas environments, including spring wildflowers. The Native Texas Park, a 15-acre urban park on the grounds of George W.
Glen Rose is a popular day trip from DFW if you’re heading toward Dinosaur Valley State Park or Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, look for bluebonnets along highway 67 and along county roads and rugged hills. Find it at 5301 Campus Dr., Fort Worth, 76119. (So popular that TCC South is using photo of people taking pictures of bluebonnets as the main images on its website.) Bonus that you can park right there on campus, not on the side of a highway. The Tarrant County College South Campus has patches proving popular for photos. Penney headquarters on Legacy Drive another is around Zion Cemetery in Frisco/Little Elm. Pretty patches also pop up north of Dallas proper. They’re also dotting stretches of I-30 within the Fort Worth city limits (look up at the slopes near the Hulen exit) and along I-30 and I-20 toward Weatherford and Aledo.
BLUEBONNETS AND INDIAN PAINTBRUSH PATCH
There’s a patch on a hill off 114 at Solana Boulevard in the Trophy Club/Westlake area that’s become popular for family photos.
Indian paintbrush, Indian blanket, evening primrose, Mexican hat, anemone, redbud trees, Mexican plum, elbow bush, and coreopsis are also among the thousands of varieties that paint Texas with color throughout the season.Įach year, bluebonnets paint the landscape along highways 635, 183, 121, and 114 they’re blooming now in roadside fields near DFW Airport. (Hot travel tip: As of early April, bluebonnets have been more robust in the Brenham area than the Willow City Loop area of the Hill Country, spotters say.)Īnd, don’t forget: Bluebonnets aren’t the only wildflower blooming.
BLUEBONNETS AND INDIAN PAINTBRUSH FULL
In fact, with 2020’s travel restrictions behind us, plans for spring bluebonnet festivals (presented safely amid the ongoing pandemic) are full speed ahead in hot spots like Burnet (April 9-11), Chappell Hill (April 10-11), Ennis (April 16-18), and Fredericksburg (April 24).įollowing are some areas in Dallas-Fort Worth and around Texas where folks have reported beautiful bluebonnets already, or where they’re reliable for gorgeous photos every spring.
While 2021 may not be a blockbuster wildflower season, the colors will still be beautiful around Texas for the next few weeks. Our beloved state flower got a later start this year due to drought conditions last fall, and early plants got walloped in February’s historic winter storm, experts say. April is that magnificent month when bluebonnets blanket fields, pop up in parks, and dot roadways in every corner of Texas.
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