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04-19-2005, 1:22 PM FlowerPower Joined on 03-08-2005 The Woodlands, Texas Posts 136 Wait until next year! We are definitely past prime time for spring wildflowers here along the gulf coast.  What hasn't faded or dried up has gotten covered up with long grass.  So to borrow a line from the Astros--just wait until next year   Sorry I haven't done a better reporting job but we've been out of town and too busy on return.  When we left over a week ago the coreopsis along I45 from the Shepperd Hill exit to Madisonville were just amazing in the median and along the roadsides!  They were almost cartoon like as to coverage and brightness.  Coming back into extreme north Texas on US69 there were some very nice patches of crimson clover, paint brush and bluebonnets in the median and along the roadsides but no fields of them.  I attended a photo shoot April 11th at Honor Heights Park in Muskogee, Oklahoma and the park was really beautiful and covered with dogwoods and azaleas.  It has been left pretty wild so it didn't even seem like a park but more like a wonderful hillside treasure.  Here is a link to some photos if you'd like to see the beauty and what great fun we had:  http://www.pbase.com/photomurage/muskogee_shoot Maybe next year we could get a group of Wildflowerhaven photograhers together for a shoot?  Just a thought. Flowers will brighten your day whether mild or wild, Murry!    Report

04-20-2005, 8:18 AM RichO Joined on 02-15-2005 San Antonio, TX Posts 637 Re: Seek and you will... Welcome back and thanks for reporting on the conditions during your trip.  Very nice work on the photos.  Looks like you had lots of photo opportunities there. No need to wait until next year..there are many more wildflowers out there ready to put on a great show. I was surprised by the dramatic displays of coreopsis along I-30 and I-45.  I encourage everyone to get out and seek those out of the way spots where you can get that close up shot with a butterfly, bee, hummingbird moth and a flower. We are moving beyond the peak of the displays of bluebonnets and paintbrush, but entering the displays of firewheels, coreopsis, and mealy sage. Then there are the endangered flowers like the Texas blue bells and blue bell gentian.  Soon the common sunflowers will begin their march across the fields followed by the maximilian sunflowers and gayfeathers.  On my trip to Ennis and back I was treated with a new display that I had never seen before...the herbertia.  Seek and you will find many wildflowers throughout the year in Texas.  And each provides a unique view and photo opportunity. I do have plans to host a photo workshop next year in the Hill Country area.  RichO Hunting Texas Wildflowers    Report

03-06-2006, 8:35 AM xseption Joined on 03-02-2006 Richardson, TX (DFW) Posts 202 Re: Seek and you will... when are you planning for this photo workshop in the Hill Country? thanks! edd two cents and then some ...    Report

03-06-2006, 8:42 AM RichO Joined on 02-15-2005 San Antonio, TX Posts 637 Re: Seek and you will...  xseption wrote: when are you planning for this photo workshop in the Hill Country? thanks! edd Edd, Getting Hunting Texas Wildflowers ready for publication and marketed has not left me time to organize a workshop this year. However, the book is pretty much a "brain dump" of what I have learned about how to find Texas wildflowers.  RichO Hunting Texas Wildflowers    Report

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