Basically, my cousin died in August in a motorcycle accident, he was beloved by our family and definitely the life of all of our family functions. Adam was thru and thru as Austin,Tx as you could be except for any affiliation with that school up there, other than he graduated from there. He didn't care about sports, but knew whiskey, beer, loved to travel internationally. The guy showed up with horse summer sausage to a fish fry after spending a month around Indonesia once haha. Some of you may of you may have even seen this article on Facebook etc. My cousins and I want to plant some blue bonnets around his grave and were wondering if there is any harm in planting them this time of the year?


https://austin.com/the-owner-of-austin-key-guy-loves-bluebonnets-way-too-much/

I don't think there's any harm, but they are usually planted in the fall, if memory serves me well.

sorry for you loss........I have heard that it takes 2 years for bluebonnets to bloom so dont get discouraged if you do not see any the first year. as far as planting i would think march when it starts to warm up a bit. (someone with more knowledge can confirm or deny that and possibly give you better info for planting)

I think I read/heard somewhere that if you are planting bluebonnets late to put the seeds in the freezer for a few days before planting. Something about "teasing" the seed???

I think you can do them in spring if you wait until the last frost, scarify them (helps the germination rate, which is naturally really low and also what the winter would be doing naturally if you'd planted them in the fall), and then ensure they stay moist through the germination process.

A few different ways to scarify - freeze overnight then put them in boiling water and let them soak for several hours, or your can rough them up with sandpaper.

It's not too late to plant transplants now. It's too late to plant seeds, though. Seeds should always be scattered in late summer and they will germinate in September/October.

They grow roots in the winter then sprout but remaining very low to the ground, sorta spread out. Then when the ground warms up they shoot up and bloom. So bottom line is they need to be planted in summer or early fall and seed coat needs to be cracked/scarified, this can be done by freezing them.

It's "too late" only in the sense they won't bloom this spring, but the sooner you plant them (basically scatter them atop the ground), the sooner they'll bloom. Once established, they should return year to year. Scarifying is a worthwhile endeavor. Google explains it all in great detail.

Lowes and Home Depot will have blooming plants. They may be able to tell you when they expect their shipments

It's too late

bookmyer said:

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It's too late

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It's NEVER too late; but it IS later than its ever been! So there's that...