One of the best things about Texas is the Bluebonnets in the spring! I’m completely obsessed with them!!
Facts about Bluebonnets:
- They’re the state flower of Texas (adopted into state legislature in 1901)
- We actually have 5 state flowers- all of them species of Bluebonnets(Lupines)! They are Lupinus subcarnosus, Lupinus texensis, Lupinus Havardii, Lupinus concinnus, and Lupinus plattensis for all you plant biology nerds out there!
- They’re named for their color and, it is said, the resemblance of the petal to a woman’s sunbonnet
- They bloom in the mid-March through May, with peak blooming in April.
- They’re most commonly seen along roadsides and in uncultivated pastures.
- The two predominant species of bluebonnets are found growing naturally only in Texas and at no other location in the world.
And any Texan worth their weight stops to take pictures of bluebonnets on the side of the road (doesn’t everyone have the obligatory photo in the bluebonnets from when they were a kid?! LOL!). This weekend I was driving to Houston and I saw a lovely patch of bluebonnets between Waco and College Station and I just HAD to pull over and take some pictures! I couldn’t decide which ones I liked the best, so I’m sharing all of them!
Happy spring y’all!!
