Texas wildflowers pepper the rolling hills around the state in various shades of white yellow, pink and purple. But there’s ...

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

For over 100 years, the bluebonnet has signified Texas' heritage as its state flower. The plant was once part of stories told ...

Bluebonnets grow in the wild all over Texas, but the state seeds bluebonnets along highways which helps reduce maintenance costs because native wildflower species need less mowing and care.

By Cheryl ConleyLake Creek Nature Preserve Spring is here, and there’s nothing more beautiful than the Texas landscape, where a breathtaking transformation unfolds this time of year. The hills and […] ...

I recently went looking for one of the rarest of Texas ... an endangered species—the culmination of an official effort that began more than 25 years ago, when the plant grew wild in around ...

Texas has five native bluebonnet species and while they tend to bloom ... Their roots also add nutrients to the soil once the plant dies. "As the roots die and the plant has lived its life ...

East of here, and in East Texas, they had a lot of rain, so they might get a lot more bluebonnets than we have here.” Contrary to what the public may think, bluebonnets are a winter plant that ...

Here’s a beginner’s guide to gardening in Texas to ... on healthy native plant populations, which, in turn, support native animal species. Common wildflowers like bluebonnets, cosmos, blanket ...