Description
Texas Bluebonnet
The iconic Texas Bluebonnet, the State Flower of Texas, paints roadsides, prairies, and open fields with breathtaking waves of brilliant blue each spring. This beloved native annual produces dense spikes of fragrant, pea-like flowers with distinctive white tips that rise above attractive, velvety, sage-green foliage. Easy to grow and naturally adapted to dry, sunny conditions, Texas bluebonnet is an outstanding choice for wildflower meadows, native plantings, roadsides, and pollinator gardens.
Blooming from March through May, Texas bluebonnet is an important early-season nectar source for native bees, bumble bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects. It also serves as a larval host plant for Hairstreak and Elfin butterflies, adding valuable habitat alongside its striking beauty. During winter, the plants form attractive low-growing leaf rosettes before bursting into bloom the following spring.
Note: Texas bluebonnet seeds and plants are toxic if ingested by humans or animals.
Quick Specs
- Origin: Native
- Type: Annual
- Color: Blue with white tips
- Height: 12-24 inches
- Width/spread: 12-18 inches
- Sunlight: Full sun
- Water: Low
- Bloom Season: Spring
- Planting Time: Spring or fall
- Zones: 7b-10a
- Regions: Texas/New Mexico
- Use: Meadows, roadsides, pollinator gardens, native plantings
- Attracts: Butterflies, bees, bumblebees
- Packet weight: 2 grams
- Seeds per packet: Approx. 35 seeds
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