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

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.

Burnet, on the northern edge of the Hill Country, is officially known as the Bluebonnet Capital of Texas, which is not to be confused with the official Bluebonnet City of Texas. That honor belongs ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Every spring, Texas becomes an ocean of blue as bluebonnets bloom across state highways, in prairies and through open fields. While many people like to stop and take photos of ...

Springtime in Texas means one thing — bluebonnets blanketing the roadsides and rolling pastures in a sea of cobalt. But wait… what’s that? A rogue splash of maroon among the blue?