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Sunday, April 15. 2012

Texas Bluebonnets

Maggie's Farm most lovely flower, Marianne, sends us this photo taken April 1, 2012 near Ennis, Texas. The Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis) is the state flower of Texas. This part of the description is appropriate to Texas: "Bluebonnets cannot tolerate poorly drained, clay based soils." Roots cannot grow freely when constricted or drowned with limited ability to breath.



 


 

Posted by Bruce Kesler at 01:17 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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Golly, that is a pretty hillside! Thanks, Marianne!
#1 SCOTTtheBADGER on 2012-04-15 04:31 (Reply)
God blessed Texas! Beautiful photo, MM. I'm liking that state more and more.
#2 Jephnol (Link) on 2012-04-15 10:48 (Reply)
Scott and Jephnol ... I feel as if I'm sailing under false colors by not crediting the photographer. Mainly because I don't know who he or she is. I sent it to you all because it's such a beautiful image, the best picture of bluebonnets I've ever seen. The blue color in bluebonnets is particularly intense because it has an undertone of black, or navy blue. The only thing I wish is that the field had included patches of Indian paintbrush, a gorgeous orange wildflower which often occupies the same fields as the bluebonnet does.

Marianne
#3 Marianne Matthews on 2012-04-15 13:00 (Reply)
Wonderful picture. more like it at Texas Hill Country Facebook page and web site. http://www.texashillcountry.com/
Thanks for sharing.
#4 Blick on 2012-04-15 13:49 (Reply)
Beautiful photo. The TX Department of Transportation has deposited flower seeds on roadsides, with definite consequences. It is a pleasure to drive TX highways in the spring.

One time I drove an aunt in rural OK to the OK City airport so we could fly to a wedding. We set out for the airport with plenty of time to spare, so I stopped the car a number of times to take photos of the flowers on the side of the road.

My aunt was more prosaic than I, as she asked me, "Why are you bothering to take these pictures?"

"Because it's so pretty."

She took it for granted.
#5 Gringo on 2012-04-15 15:27 (Reply)
It's Twain's Mississippi Workaday Syndrome...apparently it's contagious.
#5.1 Jephnol (Link) on 2012-04-15 16:13 (Reply)
My husband and I reached out to "Maggie's Farm" for permission to use this field for a photo session and was told that is not her field.

Do you know who shot this image? I'd like to know where is as we are looking for a beautiful flower field like this for a pregnancy announcement shoot.

Thanks!
#6 Tiffany on 2012-04-18 18:17 (Reply)
No idea, Tiffany.
You'll likely find others like it online, or use ours.
Congratulations on your blessed event.
#6.1 Bruce Kesler on 2012-04-18 18:21 (Reply)

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