The Legend of The Windflower

Whatever you call it—Anemone, Buttercup, Ten-Petal or simply, "Windflower"—it is a legendary blossom, eager to be the first spring wildflower to bloom in the Texas Hill Country.

Greek legend says that Anemos, the Wind, sent his namesakes, the Anemones, in the earliest days of spring to herald his arrival.  Another classical myth connects the flower with a love affair between the beautiful nymph Anemone and Zephyr, the West Wind. Banished from the court of Zephyr’s wife (Flora, Goddess of Flowers), Anemone dies of a broken heart. Undeterred, Zephyr persuades Venus to change Anemone’s body into a flower. It is in that form that Anemone comes back to life each spring, its blossoms being opened by the wind.

Legends aside, the Texas Windflower is but one among a multitude of flowers, both wild and cultivated, that grace the state from early spring through late autumn.  Because of its ability to thrive in nearly any environment, we chose the name to recognize the pioneering families who first set their roots in the rockiest of Central Texas soils and went on to thrive. They flowered on every hillside and in every valley, and they succeeded in making the rugged countryside a thing of beauty.

It is in honor of that pioneering Texas spirit and those determined, yet genteel-flowers that we have created Windflower—The Hill Country Spa.