What's your favorite spring flower?

[HOUSTON RICK]

Bluebonnets by the 100 acre-full, out to the horizon.

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[Miss Fire]

Flowers are kinda girlie, so I only like one

 

[DWFAN]

Miss Fire, Lily of the Valley. Very dainty.

DW

 

[guntownuncle]

Normally I would say the bluebonnet, but with the drought we're having I'd settle for any flowers at all this year. I did see a small patch of bluebonnets, but it doesn't look like a good wildflower year.

 

[jkc]

Chuparosa --- itself colorful, and attracts even more colorful hummingbirds.

 

[wundudnee]

I'm kind of partial to geraNiums.

 

[Ogandydancer]

Just has to be Tulips. I however love most any bulb flower Gladolias are about my most favorite any season.

 

[Jeb Stonewall]

TWOLIPPS
I knew a girl that was a real wonder at planting twolipps.

 

[w9kcj]

Bluebells

 

[Stranglehold]

I do like Lilly of the Valley but I'm awful partial to Trillium

Roe

 

[MKT]

Originally posted by dave b:
To a Texan, it has to be Bluebonnets

Of couse its Bluebonnets, followed closely by Indian Paintbrush.

I miss springtime in Texas

 

[pps]

This is the favorite in my back yard, taken last weekend.

 

[scoutsdad]

Mexican poppy

Scarlet sage

Rainbow cactus

 

[n4zov]

Tulips, but you have to go to Holland to REALLY see them!

 

[HappyHunter]

Trillium

 

[Texas Star]

Originally posted by dave b:
To a Texan, it has to be Bluebonnets

In the immortal words of the late actor Gary Cooper, "Yup."

T-Star

 

[Mickey D]

Originally posted by scoutsdad:
Mexican poppy

Formaly known as the California poppy (state flower)

 

[scoutsdad]

Formaly known as the California poppy (state flower)

Mexican Poppy (Eschscholtzia mexicana) Type: Annual Where to Grow it: All regions. Bloom time and height: Spring/Summer 6-12" in. Sun/Shade: sun or partial shade How to Grow it: Early Spring or late Fall in cold climates, Fall in mild climates. Prepare moist soil, cover seed to 1/8" depth, moisten lightly until rains fall. Etc: This stunning annual's blossoms open with the morning sun and close when dusk falls blanketing the countryside with deep orange and bright yellow hues. A close relative of the California Poppy (Eschscholtzia californica), the Mexican Poppy adapted to the hotter, drier conditions of Arizona about 8,000 years ago.

 

[Igiveup]

scoutsdad, I remember those flowers well. I lived over the mountain from you in the Kansas Settlement area back in 1971/72. Beautiful country, lots of rattlers back then.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Has a nice fragrance and makea a pretty ornamental. Also useful in religious ceremonies