The Lensbaby Velvet creates a nice creamy background at the lower apertures as does a macro or telephoto lens with a 2.8 or lower aperture. I look for a simple or blurred background and like the bokeh effect, too. These flowers have done very well, attracted pollinators and provided good photo opportunities during the spring, summer and fall.Īlthough I have photographed numerous fields of wildflowers in Texas, I discovered Macro Photography in recent years and enjoy photographing wildflowers close up and have used macro lenses, telephoto lenses and Lensbaby lenses. We have planted numerous native Texas wildflowers in our yard, including Lantana, Black Eyed Susans, Purple Cone Flowers, Salvia, Sage, Milkweed, Turk’s Cap and Blackfoot Daisies. Native wildflowers do well as compared to other flowers that are not native to the area. Planting native wildflowers in your yard will bring beautiful blooms and plenty of pollinators. I have photographed Colorado wildflowers in Crested Butte, Aspen, Maroon Bells Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Telluride, Beaver Creek, Vail, Frisco and Breckenridge over the years. Alpine Wildflowers are those that are found at high elevations and I have photographed patches of them at Rocky Mountain National Park and the summit of Independence Pass near Aspen. Colorado does have desert areas where Globeflowers, Prickly Pear and Prickly Poppies can be found. Later in the summer, different varieties of Sunflowers, Asters, Fireweed, Goldenrod, Gentians, and Yarrow bloom. It is a great year when one can experience a good bloom in Texas and another in Colorado a few months later. Mixtures of these flowers can be found on the hillsides and are absolutely beautiful. These wildflowers bloom early in the season along with others, such as Fleabane, Common Cowparsnip, Elephant Head, Glacier Lilies, Harebells, Monkshoods, Long-Plumed Avens, Red Clover, Red Columbine, Sego Mariposa Lilies, Sneezeweed, Sticky Geraniums, Sulphur Paintbrush, Scarlett Gilia, Cinquefoil, Mountain Hollyhock and Wild Rose. We have witnessed large blooms of Lupines, Wyoming Paintbrush, Larkspur, Blue Flax, Blue Columbine, Penstemon and Sunflowers. Each year we have visited has had large blooms of certain wildflowers that may not bloom in large numbers in other years. The Silvery Lupine is the most common Lupine in Colorado and is the taller version of the Texas Bluebonnet.
Worth Bluestem Park has a very nice display of these flowers, especially the Maximillian Sunflowers. The Lady Johnson Wildflower Center also displays them in the summer.īy late summer and early fall, Snow on the Prairie, Goldenrod, Turk’s Cap, Asters, Plateau Agalinis (False Foxglove), Southern Marsh Fleabane and Maximillian Sunflowers bloom.
I have photographed them at the San Antonio Botanical Garden, Ft. They are not always easy to find, but well worth the discovery due to their beauty. By early June, the Bluebell Gentian, which is one of my favorite wildflowers, starts to bloom.
The next round of wildflower blooms typically starts in April and May, includes Indian Blankets (also known as Firewheels), Mexican Hats, Yellow Coneflowers, Purple Coneflowers, Mealy Blue Sage, Standing Cypress, Prairie Vervain, Horsemint, Black Eyed Susans, Antelope Horns, Prickly Pear Cactus, Claret Cup Cactus, Lantana, Milkweed, Red Yucca, Sensitive Briar, Thistle, Common Sunflowers, Prairie Clover, Texas Star, Winecups, Yucca, Basket Flowers, Prairie Bishop and many others. I also photographed Texas Wild Petunia growing in one of the fields. Brenham had large fields of Indian Paintbrush, Bluebonnets and Greenthread. Other travels have taken us to Ennis, Marble Falls, the Brenham area and Bastrop during wildflower season. Areas I explored near San Antonio included Natalia, Lytle, Devine, New Berlin, Poteet, areas near I35 and Loop 1604 south of San Antonio, Stockdale, La Vernia, Somerset, Luling and Leon Springs.
Hill Country areas included Marble Falls Willow City Loop Johnson City and Fredericksburg, as well as the LBJ Ranch in Stonewall. I spent my afternoons driving to locations in the Texas Hill Country and areas near San Antonio to find the beautiful wildflower fields over the years. The weather conditions were perfect with an El Nino weather pattern in the previous fall that lasted into spring. It also helps to have some rain during the winter and spring.Ģ010 was one of the best years I have ever experienced for wildflower photography in Texas. In order to have a good wildflower season, it is important to have rain in the fall, typically in September and October, so that the seeds germinate. This year it is expected to be delayed a few weeks due to the frigid temperatures along with snow and ice storms in mid-February. Wildflower season typically begins in early March in the southern areas of Texas and moves north over the next several weeks.
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