ENNIS, Texas — After a long winter, the official “bluebonnet city of Texas” throws a hero’s welcome for the state flower.

CBS News Texas's Lori Malhiot, producer, anchor/reporter Robbie Owens and aerial photographer Mike Kinney aerial photographer are busting myths and sharing the facts about bluebonnets.

Springtime in Texas means one thing — bluebonnets blanketing the roadsides and rolling pastures in a sea of cobalt. But wait… what’s that? A rogue splash of maroon among the blue?

Every spring, Texas wildflowers pepper the rolling hills around the state in various shades of white yellow, pink and purple. Related: Bluebonnet Festival returns to Ennis for 73rd year But there ...

An article was printed recently about the dwindling bluebonnets around San Antonio (“Bluebonnet season wilts compared to last ...

(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) In the bluebonnet spirit of Texas, fields full of Texas’ iconic state flower draw tens of thousands of visitors to Ennis each April. But the bluebonnet ...