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Go to Ellis County during peak-bloom best estimates say second week of April this year, Rokas said and you'll find bumper-to-bumper traffic along the trails as people try to get their perfect portrait.
Rokas said she jokes with visitors who ask about picking the flowers, but she hopes people won't actually go through with it. Lonny Haschel, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety, said that while actually picking the wildflowers isn't a crime, it's important to be safe while setting up for photos. The grassy area near a busy highway might offer a pretty backdrop, but make sure to pull completely off the roadway before getting out for photos. Haschel also said to avoid private property, because picking bluebonnets may not be a crime, but trespassing sure is.
Parents should keep an eye out for other dangers in wildflower patches as well. Marcus suggests finding a safe roadside slope, where photographers can arrange the picturesque patchwork of blue and green behind their subjects without wading into the patch.
Our statewide obsession with these little blue wildflowers dates back over a century, Marcus said. The state legislature first considered picking a state flower in the spring of , spurring fierce floor debate. Some lawmakers considered the cotton boll, harkening back to the state's Southern, cotton plantation roots. A representative from Uvalde suggested the cactus for its hardiness and beautiful flowers, earning him the nickname "Cactus Jack.
In the end, the Sandyland Bluebonnet of South Texas — which blooms taller and earlier than its North Texas cousin — won the honor. It wasn't until the s that the legislature named all five or six species of Texas lupines as the state symbol. Today, Marcus gets messages from all over the country from Tex-pats hoping to grow bluebonnets out-of-state.
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