Archive for March 29th, 2010

The Bluebonnet is the beloved state flower of Texas.

The bluebonnet watch is on again in North Texas. These small blue members of the lupine family are welcomed every spring as a sign of the true-blue heart of Texas and of the annual renewal that spring brings. After months of getting up in the predawn and putting kids on the bus at first light, I look for bluebonnets today as a sign that, in fact, everything is changing, and sometimes, it’s changing for the better.

Best places to see these beauties would be on freeway verges (just today I saw a “do not cut–wildflower area” sign at the intersection of the 30 and 35 near downtown; apparently they’re expecting the flowers any day now), the Trinity Trails, or the roundabouts such as the 377 Traffic Circle or Bluebonnet Circle.

Last year I wrote a post including details about bluebonnet history (there are actually five Texas Bluebonnets and all of them are the state flower) and a bit about growing the flowers. This year I will simply say that there is a fine story by Tomie DePaola with tells the legend of the bluebonnets for children or others who are interested, and send my thanks to Bruce Turner of Flickr Creative Commons for the image.