Bluebonnets are putting on spectacular floral displays nowadays. While the Brenham area may be acknowledged by many as the bluebonnet capital of Central Texas, motorists need only to keep a watchful eye out here in Galveston County to view one of nature's majestic creations.
The lore, history and biology of our state's floral symbol is rather fascinating. Bluebonnets have been loved since man first trod the vast Texas prairies. Indians wove fascinating folk tales around them. The early Spanish priests gathered the seeds and grew them around missions...