Buttercup Highway

Posted by Cheryl (Texas, United States) on 13 May 2008 in Plants & Nature.

This scene was along the highway in North East Texas. I always thought buttercups were yellow, however, the texans call these pink flowers buttercups!

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Comments (12)

Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom

Lovely image, i like your focal point.

13 May 2008 3:04am

Observing from Chester, United Kingdom

I guess the Texans are really confused... :-O Buttercups are Yellow. But this is a great shot along the highway...

13 May 2008 6:41am

@Observing: oh thank you! I needed someone to agree with me!

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

How lovely they are and how very soothing for those in traffic, great photo ;)

13 May 2008 6:52am

@Lorraine: actually they were a bit distracting because I couldn't stop looking at them!

vu@granby - Wolfgang from Granby, Québec, Canada

It's so nice to see wildflowers along the highway instead of barriers! Good one!

13 May 2008 7:22am

Barb Huffman from Galion, Ohio 44833, United States

Love your picture, I for one like to just get out and look at the beautiful scenes that God has given us to enjoy.

13 May 2008 12:12pm

@Barb Huffman: amen! I agree. thanks for ALL your nice comments

Craig from Vacaville, California, United States

Cool mass of blooms!

13 May 2008 3:19pm

Debbe from Great Falls, United States

Spring has sprung in Texas! Lovely.... enjoyed the different train wheel perspective yesterday, too! Thanks for the great photo's.

13 May 2008 6:22pm

@Debbe: thanks Debbe! how's the flowers doing up there in Montana? have you seen any yet?

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

What ever they are they are beautiful Cheryl, very well spotted and wonderfully captured.
P.S.
I had to google to find out lol......Yep these are indeed Clarkia Speciosa Pink Buttercups! you learn something new every day :)

13 May 2008 6:27pm

@MaryB: you're the BOMB MaryB!! It's still hard to beleive that a pink flower is called a buttercup LOL thanks for researching that for me!

akarui from Kagoshima, Japan

Nice perspective with all those flowers along the highway.

13 May 2008 7:48pm

rem_la from Villiers, France

un joli ruban bitumeux et bien fleuri !

13 May 2008 10:08pm

@rem_la: thank you!

Ron from Saint Louis, United States

It's nice that you took the time to pull off to the side of the road to take this pic and share it ... life's too short not to take the time to appreciate the buttercups ... the pink buttercups! Very nice ...

14 May 2008 5:07am

@Ron: thanks Ron, I was very choosey as to where I pulled over to get the best shot!