CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Bluebonnets and other native blooms now blanket the historic burial ground a tradition that stretches back decades. Even with this year’s drought conditions, the flowers are once again putting on a show across the cemetery, which dates back to 1888.
“We have winter Texans that don’t leave until the bluebonnets start blooming,” said Jo Ann Morgan with the Rockport Cemetery Association. “That’s probably one of their last memories when they head back north, the beautiful bluebonnets in the cemetery.”
Morgan, 89, has lived in Rockport her entire life. Several generations of her family are buried there. She says the colorful transformation didn’t happen by accident…