2011 Wildflower Outlook Iffy

What better way to get one's mind off the recent cold weather than to think of the coming warm spring and the annual colorburst that is wildflower season?

Well...don't get your hopes up too high, according to a senior botanist at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 

Damon Waitt tells the Associated Press that low rainfall amounts this winter have stunted the progress of next spring's wildflower crop.  Young plants that provide that crop should be the size of dinner plates, according to Waitt.  But this year, he's seeing that the "rosettes are very, very small."

If the cold weather has you longing for a glimpse of Texas wildflowers, check out this video from local artist Dean Wolf.