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By frostweed | This beautiful annual of the Fabaceae family is the most recognized Texas Native Wildflower. [View the item] |
Name: Anna North Texas (Zone 8a)        canadanna Aug 18, 2013 7:42 PM CST |
| No Texas garden is complete without some Bluebonnets! |
Name: Sharon Calvert City, KY (Zone 7a)           Sharon Aug 18, 2013 8:23 PM CST |
| Oh how pretty! Thanks, Josephine! |
Name: josephine Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a) Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native.         frostweed Aug 18, 2013 9:39 PM CST |
Thank you Anna and Sharon, bluebonnets are really amazing.  Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature. Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers. |
Name: Vicki North Carolina        vic Aug 19, 2013 6:12 AM CST |
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL Josephine  I've read and seen photographs about blue bonnets my whole life. I wonder if I'll ever get to see them in person. ALL THINGS PLANTS ~ Garden Art ~ Purslane & Portulaca ~ CUBITS ~ Trust in the Lord ~ Heart Strength ~ Find JOY at http://joyfultimestoday.com/ |
Name: Christine North East Texas (Zone 7b)         wildflowers Aug 19, 2013 6:37 AM CST |
| Josephine, what beautiful pictures! Every spring I look forward to seeing the bluebonnets! They are a beautiful sight, especially when they blanket a large area. vic, you should get some seeds and plant some.  (Although, I will admit they aren't an easy seed to propagate but they are worth it!)May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day --Native American Proverb |
Name: josephine Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a) Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native. frostweed Aug 19, 2013 2:11 PM CST |
| Thank you Vicky and Christine. As much as I love Bluebonnets they don't seem to like my yard, either too shady, or too much clay, of too crowded so I have no luck with them. Luckily they grow very well along the highways south of Dallas and not far from my house, so I have to content myself when I get to take some good pictures on some years. I say some years because if the rain hasn't been forthcoming during the fall and winter, the Bluebonnets and other wildflowers won't be very good. I think that in other areas of Texas they are more reliable, at least I hope so. Nevertheless they are always an amazing sight when it all comes together and the miracle happens.  Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature. Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers. |
Name: Marilyn Greenwood Village, CO (Zone 5b) Garden today. Clean next week.             CDsSister Aug 19, 2013 8:40 PM CST |
Love, love, love Bluebonnets. They are so beautiful on he hillsides of Texas. Thank you Lady Bird. |
Name: Carole Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)     SongofJoy Aug 21, 2013 6:52 AM CST |
They are so beautiful! It makes me want to bend the rule about planting only wildflowers that are native to my area.  I garden for the pollinators. |
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