Moderate wildflower displays expected

Courtesy UT - Office of Public Affairs  Tue, 02/17/2009 - 10:25am

Recent rains will help Engelmann daisy and some other wildflowers this season, but can't make up for sparse rain last fall in Central Texas, according to a University of Texas at Austin expert at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

"We're in an exceptional drought in Central Texas," said Damon Waitt, the center's senior botanist. "Wildflowers [...]



 

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