Texas wildflowers pepper the rolling hills around the state in various shades of white yellow, pink and purple. But there’s ...

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

It’s the thick of bluebonnet season in Texas, a time when the beloved state flower shows up and shows out in fields of vibrant blues. But why are bluebonnets often found along state highways?

(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) In the bluebonnet spirit of Texas, fields full of Texas’ iconic state flower draw tens of thousands of visitors to Ennis each April. But the bluebonnet ...