Journal

As the 2020 bluebonnet season draws to a close, a brief review of each region's bloom is in order so that the predictions made prior to the season can be evaluated, and so that there is a record of what took place for posterity's sake...

In Part I of this series we took a look at the rainfall and temperature data from the Big Bend in West Texas. In Part II we looked at the weather data from South Texas. In the final part of this series we will look at the weather data from the Texas Hill Country...

In Part I of this series we took a look at the rainfall and temperature data from the Big Bend in West Texas. In Part II we will look at the weather data from South Texas. For the purposes of this article, South Texas is defined as Atascosa County, DeWitt County, Gonzales County, Guadalupe County, Karnes County, and Wilson County...

The time of has arrived when bluebonnet lovers across the state of Texas have begun wondering what the 2020 bluebonnet season has in store. In a previous article we took a look at the contributing factors for a bluebonnet bloom in an attempt to identify not only how much rainfall is necessary, but when that rainfall is most needed and the temperatures which best promote a successful bloom...

In Part I of this series we discussed the factors which contribute to a successful bluebonnet season. In Part II we looked at weather data from the Big Bend in West Texas and in Part III we looked at weather data from South Texas...

In Part I of this series we discussed the factors which contribute to a successful bluebonnet season. In Part II we looked at weather data from the Big Bend in West Texas. In Part III, we will take a look at weather data for the 2010, 2015, and 2019 bluebonnet seasons in South Texas...

In Part I of this series we discussed the factors which contribute to a successful bluebonnet season. In Part II, we will take a look at the weather data from the Big Bend in West Texas for the 2016 and 2019 bluebonnet seasons...

Each year in the months approaching the bluebonnet season, I find my thoughts turning to what the upcoming bloom holds in store without having to guess about what the wildflowers would look like based on how much rain I can remember falling during the previous fall and winter...