LUPINES!! I need to get up to Hasty Brook to see the lupines. I love them. I've tried to grow them here at home and they never do a thing. I won't be able to get up there for a couple of weeks- to much going on here too. Thanks for the look at them. Take it easy!
Katie- Thanks. That particular plant is growing in a garden that desperately needs weeding, but yet it has managed to put out more spikes than ever this year.
Nifty Galoot- Oh, the weeds! Hope your garden is doing well!
Lynne- I have had a love affair with lupines, ever since I lived near Stacy and found a patch of them in the Carlos Avery WMA just four miles away from my house. I saved seeds from them for a while, and even successfully started some plants. This one, however, is a garden variety, and a very faithful one at that. It ignores my ignoring of it. :)
FC- I agree, this is the most gorgeous lupine plant I have ever seen. There must be about fifteen flower spikes on it.
LauraHinNJ- I guess they like sandy, not too fertile soil. I don't know about their heat tolerance, but they do seem to be associated with the north woods.
pablo- ummm...err...*blushing*
Jennifer- I don't know that book, but I should!
Okay, I've come up with a tentative plan here. I'm going to take a picture of this lupine every day, to track the progress of the flowering. Then, I hope to collect seeds before they burst everywhere, and offer a few packs of seeds to any blogging friends who might be interested. They do require a little special handling (soaking or scarification) but other than that they are pretty easy to grow!
Just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteGreat Photo! Love the flowers!
ReplyDeleteKnow what you mean about a crucial gardening time, I've got lots of weeds to get rid of, they've really sprouted with the rains.
LUPINES!! I need to get up to Hasty Brook to see the lupines. I love them. I've tried to grow them here at home and they never do a thing. I won't be able to get up there for a couple of weeks- to much going on here too. Thanks for the look at them.
ReplyDeleteTake it easy!
Katie- Thanks. That particular plant is growing in a garden that desperately needs weeding, but yet it has managed to put out more spikes than ever this year.
ReplyDeleteNifty Galoot- Oh, the weeds! Hope your garden is doing well!
Lynne- I have had a love affair with lupines, ever since I lived near Stacy and found a patch of them in the Carlos Avery WMA just four miles away from my house. I saved seeds from them for a while, and even successfully started some plants. This one, however, is a garden variety, and a very faithful one at that. It ignores my ignoring of it. :)
That is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful Deb!
ReplyDeleteI don't have any luck growing them either. Guess it's too warm here for their liking.
Almost as lovely as you are!
ReplyDeleteI love lupines... There's a children's book about a lady who planted them... What is that book?
ReplyDeleteFC- I agree, this is the most gorgeous lupine plant I have ever seen. There must be about fifteen flower spikes on it.
ReplyDeleteLauraHinNJ- I guess they like sandy, not too fertile soil. I don't know about their heat tolerance, but they do seem to be associated with the north woods.
pablo- ummm...err...*blushing*
Jennifer- I don't know that book, but I should!
Okay, I've come up with a tentative plan here. I'm going to take a picture of this lupine every day, to track the progress of the flowering. Then, I hope to collect seeds before they burst everywhere, and offer a few packs of seeds to any blogging friends who might be interested. They do require a little special handling (soaking or scarification) but other than that they are pretty easy to grow!