Texas State Flower: Bluebonnet

Texas State Flower Coloring 

One of the most unusual flowers, the Bluebonnet, is the State Flower of Texas. They are a type of Lupine, but the particular lupine that they are grows mostly only in Texas. The flowers sort of resemble the bonnets that pioneer women wore which is where they got their name. They bloom in the Spring, usually April to May, but can start in March if the weather is warmer that year. 

In South Texas all the way up to the Dallas area, they blanket the fields turning them into beautiful Blue landscapes.  They often have Indian Paintbrush mixed in so the fields look Blue with dots of Red.

Texans like to take photos of themselves in front of those fields. They also grow along the highways, and usually the Texas Department of Public Safety issues a warning in the Spring to motorists that implores them to be careful when stopping on highways to take photos. It's actually better to go off the highways and onto the back roads to see the fields of Blue anyway. 

My family is from Texas and when I was growing up there, it was an annual trip to go to the Hill Country North of San Antonio to see the Bluebonnets. 

As their name implies, they are Blue, with a tiny bit of White at the top of the plant which later turns Blue too, as the season wears on. Some of them smell very sweet, but many of them don't seem to have a scent at all, just their beauty. I love Bluebonnets, can you tell?

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