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| Redbud flowers |
Tyler, Texas is the ‘Rose Capitol of the World’
(or Texas depending on who you read and just how you see your home state). It’s
about 135 miles south east of Fort Worth and a pretty drive, particularly if
you take the back roads (US Highway 80 to US 64 or to US 110) instead of Interstate
20 and don’t travel during ‘drive times’. Since the Rose City Artisan and Flower Market was going on and I wanted to
see meet two people whose work I admire, we hit the road. Although the wildflowers
weren’t quite at their peak, Lady
Bird Johnson’s idea to plant them along the highways has made for colorful
viewing. We saw a few flowers, but what I enjoyed the most were the redbud
trees and the crabapples. Redbuds
aren’t red, but rather a hot pink to mauve; the crabapple
blossoms are a bright, light pink. It’s been a wet spring so the lush green
grass that added a nice base to these brightly colored trees.
