State Flower

It's difficult to imagine any other flower representing Texas, but the bluebonnet had some competition when lawmakers met to decide the issue in 1901.

It's a big week for anniversaries in Texas! Yesterday was the 181 anniversary of the Alamo, and today marks the anniversary of the day Texas adopted the bluebonnet as the official State Flower. The bluebonnet was named the State Flower on March 7th, 1901...