All photos I've seen of your famous Bluebonnets have been lovely. If only you could include the scent, as well... Thanks for your pretty photo. It's helping me get through our lingering, cold spring.
The scent reminds me of bean flowers, though slightly less earthy. Not cloying. (We have a native legume shrub that smells VERY strongly of grape soda or grape Kool-aid. Pleasant when you drive past one. Awful if you have to be next to a big bush of it day after day while it's blooming.)
Bluebonnets are a Texas favorite for a reason--they really are stunning, esp in a year when there's been adequate rain from early fall through March. And, being legumes, they're adding fixing nitrogen in the soil, too. Unfortunately, some people aren't satisfied with gorgeous blue and white flowers and want to breed white ones, maroon ones, etc. There is a natural variation in color, but breeding white or maroon bluebonnets pretty much defeats the purpose of the name.
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Bluebonnets are a Texas favorite for a reason--they really are stunning, esp in a year when there's been adequate rain from early fall through March. And, being legumes, they're adding fixing nitrogen in the soil, too. Unfortunately, some people aren't satisfied with gorgeous blue and white flowers and want to breed white ones, maroon ones, etc. There is a natural variation in color, but breeding white or maroon bluebonnets pretty much defeats the purpose of the name.
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Some people just don't understand the value of appreciating what nature (or Life) gives them.
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Great pic, though!
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