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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Wildseed Farms, Fredericksburg

Last weekend we went to Fredericksburg to celebrate my daughter's birthday.  On the drive from Austin on HWY 290 we stopped at Wildseed Farms, 7 miles east of downtown Fredericksburg.  We were delighted to find it having it's best spring blooming season that I've ever seen.  Wildseed Farms is the largest working wildflower seed production farm in the US and a big tourist destination (Yup, even bus-loads of flower-lovers come here).  The display gardens, trial plots and flower fields are stunning this year.  If the photos below of the red corn flowers look like their glowing, it's because they actually look that brilliant in person.  We also enjoyed the outdoor seating area surrounded by show gardens and the nursery, while eating tasty frozen snacks.  The homemade soft serve peach ice-cream is a must.  And yes there is a gift shop, actually three, that sell more than just the wildflower seeds.


Entrance to Meadow


Field of Red Corn Flowers


Red Corn Flower

Red Corn Poppies
Butterfly on Bluebonnet
Passion Flower in the butterfly garden

Butterfly Garden



California Poppies
Display Garden with stream and Water Lilies

Corn Poppy color variations
Autumn Sages



Scarlet Flax

Baby's Breath
Desert Verbena


Bachelor Buttons

Living Easy Rose
Rocket Larkspur
Rocket Larkspur
Iceland Poppies



Iceland Poppy


Color variations of Bluebonnets including
the maroon  Alamo Bluebonnet

Salvia, Blue Victoria

Claret Cup Cactus
Garden and plant nursery around outdoor dinning area


Pottery Yard
Pink Evening Primrose




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