Texas Bluebonnet

I wanted something showy and slightly taller but not too tall.  I love the color blue, so Texas Bluebonnet seemed to be a good choice.  After I bought the seeds, I learned that this is the State Flower of Texas (thus the name?). 

These are Texas Bluebonnet seeds.  These are pretty large, and they are all in different colors.  Easy to see, easty to sow :)  I sowed them in peat pallets on 10-29-2010.

On 11-04-10, 6 days later, seedlings started to emerge.  Wow, these seedlings are large!!

I forgot to take a picture of the young seedlings :(  26 days after seeding, very very cute true leaves started to grow and the roots grew much fast, so I tranplanted the seedlings in the plastic sour cream tub.

4 days after transplant (30 days after seeds being sowed), the seedlings seem to be very happy - and the roots are already peeking out from the bottom of the plastic tub!

One month (31 days) after seeding.  Since I saw the root tips peeking out of the bottom of the plastic tab, I decided to plant them in my garden, their permanent home.  Geez, this plant grows so fast!   I scattered some snail baits as I've seen so many young seedlings vanished overnight in the past.  My fingers are crossed for these to survive the predators!

SEED INFORMATION:

*  Recommended planting season for San Diego: September -March - I planted in October

Seeds I bought: Ferry Morse's TEXAS BLUEBONNET 

Seeds bought from: Home Depot

Origination of the seeds: USA

According to the package:

*  Days to germination: 15-25 days - Mine took 6 days!!

*  Days to bloom: 60-90 days - Mine took 136 days!!

*  Plant height: 12 inches

*  Grows best: Sun/Partial Shade