“The human tendency is to pinpoint the rarity, to map the miraculous,” writes Texas Highways contributor Rick Bass in his March issue story about seeking the night-blooming cereus in far West Texas. The elusive cactus lives in harsh conditions and is an unlikely host for its extravagant blossom—a stark white and fragrant flower that shows itself for one night only. After several blossomless attempts, Bass found the miraculous bloom he was looking for and documents the experience for us in “The Mysterious Cereus.” Thankfully, photographer Sean Fitzgerald was with him to bring some proof back home. In more familiar fields, writer Robyn Ross looks beyond the bluebonnets to find five overlooked wildflowers that deserve some recognition of their own. From rain lilies that pop open after much-needed spring showers to tall ocotillo plants that reach spindly arms up to the sky, “Last Bud Not Least” lists blooms to seek beyond highway-side patches of blue. Throughout the rest of the issue, Sallie Lewis visits Poteet to taste strawberries as sweet as candy, Ana Marie Cox both laments and celebrates the cedar trees she associates with home and allergies, and Amanda Albee finds the best-kept chef’s secret: a personal garden.