Sorry, Texans, there’s no way to sugarcoat this: 2025 is not a great year for bluebonnets.
Despite recent rains that have greened up landscapes, drought conditions last fall resulted in fewer spring blooms, and blooms coming up later and smaller across the state. Spring flowers need fall showers.
“Most of the spring annual wildflowers germinate in the fall. That includes all but one species of bluebonnets,” say the experts at Texas Wildflower Report, a Facebook page that tracks wildflower progress around the state. “Rain right now will not produce more bluebonnet plants.”…