Summer sunset in our Molly Steves Zachry Texas Arboretum - Photo taken at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, by Bruce Leander.

Picnic tables, fields of wildflowers and ancient live oaks in our Molly Steves Zachry Texas Arboretum - Photo taken at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, by Bruce Leander.

Our trails are smooth and have beautiful wildflower vistas - Photo taken at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, by Bruce Leander.

Ladybug wet with morning dew on a Purple Coneflower - Photo taken at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, by Bruce Leander.

Tree cricket at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas - photo by Ray Mathews

Texas pricklypoppy - Argemone aurantiaca - with Indian blanket - Gaillardia pulchella - in the background - both perform best in poor soils - Photo taken at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, by Bruce Leander.

Gaillardia pulchella - Indian blanket - also called Firewheel - sow seeds in the fall for spring and summer blooms - Photo taken at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, by Bruce Leander.

Indian blanket- Gaillardia pulchella - in the foreground and Texas thistle -Cirsium texanum - in the background - Photo taken near the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, by Bruce Leander.

Gaillardia pulchella - Indian Blanket - great for meadows and roadsides - doesn't like rich garden soil - Photo taken at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, by Bruce Leander.

Sunrise at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas - Photo by Bruce Leander

Danaus gilippus (queen, male) - From the Fauna Project at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas. Photo by Val Bugh.

Uresiphita reversalis (genista caterpillar moth) - from the Fauna Project at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas. Photo by Val Bugh.

New growth on Prickly Pear Cactus - Photo taken at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, by Bruce Leander.

Havard agave (Agave havardiana) seen through Mexican feather grass (Nassella tenuissima) - Photo taken at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, by Bruce Leander.

Echinacea purpurea - purple coneflower - the genus name is from the Greek echino, meaning hedgehog, an allusion to the spiny, brownish central disk. Photo taken at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, by Bruce Leander.

Samara of the Acer grandidentatum - Big-toothed maple - Photo taken at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, by Bruce Leander.

Early morning sun highlights the gnarled beauty of the oaks in our Mollie Steves Zachry Texas Arboretum - Photo taken at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, by Bruce Leander.

Worm's eye view of our courtyard - Photo taken at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, by Bruce Leander.

Bluebonnets and Agave - Photo taken at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, by Bruce Leander.

Meadow sunset with Antelope horns (Asclepias asperula) and Indian paintbrush (Castilleja indivisa) - Photo taken at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, by Bruce Leander.