TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE BEAUTIFUL BLOOMS. >> WELCOME BACK TO SA LIVE.
WELL, OF COURSE, SPRING IS
OFFICIALLY HERE BEGAN YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON AND THAT MEANS ALL
THE BEAUTIFUL WILD FLOWERS ARE
IN BLOOM, ESPECIALLY THE STATE
FLOWER LITTLE ABOUT IT. MANY
FAMILIES IN SOUTH TEXAS HAVE
A TRADITION OF TAKING PICTURES
IN THE BLUEBONNET FIELD, BUT
THEY’RE NOT ALWAYS EASY TO
FIND. AND WE HAVE A LIST OF
SPOTS THAT YOU CAN FIND THEM
RIGHT HERE. ALL RIGHT. FIRST
UP, AS WELL AS THE FARMS IN
FREDRICKSBURG. THIS FARM IS
FREE TO VISIT AND BOOST 200
ACRES OF FARMLAND. THIS IS THE
NATION’S LARGEST WORKING
WILDFLOWER FARM. WILD SEED
FARMS IS ONLY 90 MINUTE DRIVE
FROM DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO.
THEY HAVE WALKING TRAILS,
FLOWER WINES TO TRY AND PLENTY
OF FLOWERS TO SEE.
>> ACCORDING TO KSAT DOT COM,
THE FARM ANNOUNCED ON FACEBOOK
IN FEBRUARY. THE BLUEBONNETS
WE’RE ALREADY AVAILABLE.
>> NEXT IS THE BLUEBONNET
TRAILS IN ENNIS. THIS TRAIL OF
BLUEBONNETS IS LOCATED ROUGHLY
4 HOURS NORTH OF DOWNTOWN SAN
ANTONIO. ON YOUR WAY TO DALLAS.
YOU CAN ENJOY 40 MILES OF
BLUEBONNETS ON THE OFFICIAL
BLUEBONNET TRAIL OF TEXAS.
THE TRAILS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
OPEN APRIL 1ST THROUGH THE 30TH
WITH THE END AS WE BONDED
TRAILS FESTIVAL TAKING PLACE
APRIL 14TH THROUGH THE 16TH,
OK, LOCATED BETWEEN AUSTIN AND
TEXAS. HILL COUNTRY IS LADY
BIRD JOHNSON WILDFLOWER CENTER
IN AUSTIN AND THE CENTER HAS
AREAS WHERE YOU COULD BUY
FLOWERS AND TAKE PHOTOS AS
WELL. 15 BUCKS FOR ADULTS, 8
FOR KIDS FOR YOU. THEN KIDS 4
AND UNDER ARE FREE.
>> TO VISIT.
>> A LOCAL SPOTS OF FOLKS HAVE
SPOTTED BLUEBONNETS IS AT
MCALLISTER DOG PARK. THE PERK
IS THAT YOU DON’T HAVE TO DRIVE
FAR OUT OF TOWN FOR THIS.
ONE OF THE DOG PARK IS ONE AND
A HALF ACRES OFF LEASH AT
FEATURING A SHADED OPEN PLAY
AREA, PICNIC, SHELTER AND PAVED
TRAIL. SO BRING YOUR PUPS WITH
YOU.
>> AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST
TRADERS VILLAGE RIGHT HERE IN
SAN ANTONE. AND THERE’S GOING
TO BE 10 ACRES OF AREAS WHILE
FLOWERS AND SUNFLOWERS AT
TRADERS VILLAGE THIS SPRING
FROM A 13 TO JUNE 4TH, TRADERS
VILLAGE IS LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST
SAN ANTONIO NEAR LOOP 4.10, AND
OLD PEARSALL ROAD ADMISSION OF
FLOWER FIELDS WILL BE $10 PER
PERSON FOR ANYONE 3 YEARS AND
UP AND PLEASE DO NOT STOP ON
THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND
TAKE A PICTURE OF THE
BLUEBONNETS. YOU CAN BUY THE
FULL ARTICLE ON ABOUT HOT SPOTS
AND KSAT.COM. AND IF YOU DON’T
KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE ABOUT IT OR
WHY THEY’RE SO POPULAR, WE
CHATTED WITH THE LADYBIRD
JOHNSON WILDFLOWER CENTER ABOUT
ALL THINGS THE BONNETS ALL BE
TAKING NOTES ARE JUST POPPING
OFF YEARS.
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>> WHY ARE TEXANS SO OBSESSED
WITH BLUE LIGHTS?
I THINK IT’S ONE OF THE FEW
THINGS THAT YOU CAN SEE IN MASS
WHERE YEAR, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU
SEE THEM SOMETIMES THAT CAN
JUST BE ACRES OF SOLID BLUE.
OTHER WILD FLOWERS WILL BE THAT
ALSO. BUT I THINK THE BLUE
COLORS ALSO VERY APPEALING
BECAUSE THERE JUST AREN’T THAT
MANY FLOWERS THAT ARE THAT
COLOR BLUE. AND OF THE STATE
BAR OF TEXAS. SO THERE’S A LOT
OF STATE PRIDE. THAT’S PART OF
THE LEFT BEING NATIVE TO THE
STATE. THEY’VE BEEN HERE FOR
MILLENNIA. THEY’VE EVOLVED OVER
TIME TO BE ADAPTED TO OUR
CLIMATE AND OUR SOIL TYPES.
THEY REALLY ONLY A CURRENT
TAXES FOR THE MOST PART.
AND I THINK THAT MAKES HIM
SPECIAL.
>> SO THAT’S SOME OF YOUR SEAT.
TEXAS WILD FLOWERS WOULD BE
FOR BLUEBONNETS EARLY. I WOULD
SAY IN MARCH FOR A WIDER
DIVERSITY. I WOULD SAY APRIL
AND MAY AND A LOT OF IT IS
REALLY GOING TO DEPEND ON THE
WEATHER. IF WE HAVE GOOD RAINS
THROUGH THE WINTER THAT
GENERALLY MAKES A GOOD WILDFIRE
SEASON. THE FOLLOWING SPRING.
AS LONG AS WE DON’T GET TOO
MUCH RAIN. SO TOO DRY OR TOO,
WHAT COULD BE A PROBLEM, THE
CEILING START TO GERMINATE IN
THE FALL. SO THE ONES THAT ARE
BLOOMING RIGHT NOW ACTUALLY
TERMINATED THE PREVIOUS
PROBABLY OCTOBER, GIVE OR TAKE
A MONTH OR 2. THEY GROW AS
ROSE. THAT’S CLOSE TO THE
GROUND FOR THE REST OF THE
WINTER AND THEN SUSAN STARTS TO
WARM UP IN THE SPRING. THEY
START TO A LONG 8 AND MAKE
THEIR LOVELY BEAUTIFUL BLUE
FLOWERS THAT WE ALL ADMIRE.
AND YOU CAN PLANT PLANS PLANTS
IN A POT THIS TIME OF YEAR.
BUT IF YOU WANT A BIG FIELD OF
THEM, I WOULD SUGGEST PLANTING
THE SEED IN THE FALL.
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>> SO IF PEOPLE WANT TO GET
PICTURES TAKEN WITH PROVEN ITS
WITH THEIR FAMILY, THE
WILDFLOWER CENTER IS A GREAT
PLACE TO GO. WE HAVE OF SOME
DIFFERENT PATCHES AROUND THAT.
YOU CAN TAKE PICTURES.
>> I’M IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
BLUEBONNETS. WE ASK THAT PEOPLE
STAY ON THE TRAILS. BUT BUT
THERE ARE SOME GOOD PLACES FOR
THAT AND IT’S SAFE. YOU KNOW,
YOU DON’T HAVE TO DEAL WITH
OUR DOGS ARE, YOU KNOW, WE
WATCH FOR FIRE ANTS. SO THOSE
ARE ALL THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO
WATCH OUT FOR. IF YOU’RE
GETTING YOUR, WE WANT TO
PICTURES TAKEN IN OTHER PLACES,
PEOPLE OFTEN GO TO THE
ROADSIDE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I’D
BE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT DOING
THAT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE
TAKING LITTLE KIDS OR PETS
BECAUSE YOU DON’T WANT TO HAVE,
YOU KNOW, AN ACCIDENT WITH
TRAFFIC, OTHER PLACES THAT YOU
GO WILL BE SOME OF THE PARK’S
NOAH MCKINNEY, ROUGH STATE PARK
AND SHANNON DRAW FOR SOME LOCAL
PARK WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE
TO GET. WE’VE GOT TO PITCHERS.
>> IN JUST A GREAT REASON TO
DRIVE INTO THE HILL COUNTRY TO
LOOK AT THE BLUE LAMP
IT’S POINTED OUT THAT WAY FOR
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