ENNIS, Texas — After a long winter, the official “bluebonnet city of Texas” throws a hero’s welcome for the state flower.

In 1901, the Texas legislature decided it needed a state flower, according to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. The chapter of the Colonial Dames in Texas lobbied for the bluebonnet ...

After the bluebonnet, also known as the “buffalo clover,” was declared the state flower by the Texas Legislature in 1901, a ...

The Alamo Fire bluebonnet, originally named the Texas Maroon ... Barbara Bush lavender in 1994. Lady Bird Johnson Royal Blue in 2011.

Although the weather has been great for bluebonnet photography, the blooms have been sparse in South Texas because of the ongoing drought.

The Alamo Fire bluebonnet, originally named the Texas Maroon, symbolizes the culmination of a multidecade initiative.

Step into the wild heart of Texas, and you’ll find a world where native prairies sway in the wind, painted with the color of ...

Among the wildlife that call the area home are hundreds of bird species ... also described the center as being well-maintained. The Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center is located about 10 miles ...

Related: Bluebonnet Festival returns to Ennis for ... director of horticulture at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas at Austin. While the standard color is sky ...

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