Blue, White, Pink and...Red? The Texas Bluebonnet

Like many agriculture innovations, the answer lies with Texas A&M. In 1982, an entrepreneur and Texas naturalist named Carroll Abbott, known to some as "Mr. Texas Bluebonnet," shared with Extension horticulturists his dream of planting the design of our state flag entirely with the sta...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inThe Cattleman Vol. 104; no. 11; pp. 62 - 63
Main Authors Parsons, Jerry M, George, Steve, Grant, Greg
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Fort Worth Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Incorporated 01.04.2018
Subjects
Color
Flowers & plants
Lupinus texensis
Seeds
United Kingdom > UK
United States > US
Texas
Ireland
Japan
England
Zimbabwe
Australia
France
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Like many agriculture innovations, the answer lies with Texas A&M. In 1982, an entrepreneur and Texas naturalist named Carroll Abbott, known to some as "Mr. Texas Bluebonnet," shared with Extension horticulturists his dream of planting the design of our state flag entirely with the state flower in celebration the 1986 Texas Sesquicentennial.[...]many people knew where white populations existed. * PINK:The state flower is the bluebonnet, written as one word.[...]any color variant of the flower would be properly described with the name of that color, plus the name of the flower, and the terms white bluebonnet, pink bluebonnet, and maroon bluebonnet are correct.
ISSN:0008-8552