![]() ![]() ![]() Some are planted by backyard gardeners across the country and others travel around the world. Thomas grows 41 species of wildflowers and harvests several hundred thousand pounds of seeds each year. Wildseed Farms, billed as the largest working wildflower seed farm in the U.S., is located just east of Fredericksburg. Wildseed Farms is located in Texas Hill Country. Peak bloom is usually in April, when the spring rains fall, although a drought can delay or spoil the show entirely. ![]() Native annual flowers drop ripened seeds that resow, and perennials come back on their own, most years. The kaleidoscope of colors draws butterflies, hummingbirds, and other pollinators-and crowds of onlookers with cameras in hand. Depending on the weather, black-eyed Susans, daisies, spurred snapdragons, and other wildflowers pop up from spring into the summer in this part of Texas Hill Country. Long before cars and tour buses trekked to Fredericksburg, Texas, bringing people to see fields carpeted in red poppies, gold yarrow, and violet bluebonnets, German immigrants steered their wagons and ox carts over rocky soil and through the scrub brush to settle in the Central Texas town.įredericksburg celebrates its 175th anniversary in 2022 more than 1 million annual visitors now come to this historic town, home to nearly 12,000 residents, for its art galleries, peach orchards, museums, vineyards, farm-to-table dining, and shops that sell everything from eclectic European antiques to custom-made cowboy hats.Īnd they also come for the flowers. ![]()
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