It’s wildflower season, and there’s one specific wildflower that usually blankets the area along I-37 each spring, but that didn’t happen this year.
“It’s unsettling. That’s part of Texas. When you don’t have your bluebonnets—it’s just not the same,” resident Linda Cozart, who enjoys seeing bluebonnets each spring said.
A springtime staple in Texas has looked a little sparse this year. Bluebonnets, which typically cover highways and parks, were harder to spot around Corpus Christi this wildflower season.
“There is a significant reduction in bluebonnets all across South Texas. You drive along the roadways, you’ll see a few here and there. Usually, we’re seeing entire blankets of bluebonnets,” South Texas Botanical Gardens Executive Director Michael Womack said…