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Everyone in Texas loves Bluebonnets, and it's fun to have a few growing around your place in the spring. In our area, just getting a bluebonnet patch going seems to be the toughest part. However, once established, they will reseed easily and increase every year. I have found the best way to create a bluebonnet patch is by planting the actual plants in late winter. They are found at most local nurseries that time of year and are usually inexpensive. Broadcasting the seed sometimes works, but the seeds don't always take because of their tough skin. If you do broadcast seed, be sure to get scarified seed. This is seed that's been treated with acid or roughed up enough so it germinates easier. The natural coating on a bluebonnet seed is so tough that it may take years for the seed to sprout if left on it's own. Since bluebonnets don't bloom until March, you can plant the young plants between rows of pansies, snapdragons, dianthus, flowering kale or other plants that provide winter color.
