Thursday, July 5, 2012

Loopy for lupins ...


Purple, light pink, dark pink, white and lavender, each June I look forward to an intoxicating, over-dose of lupins.


I love walking amongst them (carefully), inhaling their gentle, sweet scent.


The plant captured above was unusual as it was a bi-colour.  See, the others are all solid colours.


When I see the Lupins, I know summer cannot be far behind.


If your appetite for Lupins is still not sated, you might want to check out my friend, Amy-Lynn's post Lupins Galore.

9 comments:

  1. I am intoxicated now and swaying away... Thank you for this lupine delight, since our lupines are long declined...

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  2. Our lupines have mostly disappeared, but I noticed that there were several plants that had two colours. I wondered if it was cross polination, as the plants are so close together. They are very pretty plants.

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  3. I love your lupins, Sybil, they are such a pretty sight. We used to have many, of all colours, around the house. Years after years they emigrated to other gardens and now have completely disappeared from this area. A pity really. Your pictures are lovely. I'll have a look at Amy-Lynn's site.

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  4. Lovely lupins! I've never been around many, many lupins at once so I've never experience their scent. I have one small one in my yard (flowers long since passed by now) and never really noticed a smell.

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  5. This is at the corner of Caldwell Rd right? I don't think I've ever seen so many lupins in one place before and it seems to have a fair amount of pink ones (both light and bright). Verry nice.

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  6. They're lovely. I can almost get their peppery scent. Take me there. Please!

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  7. I love lupin time too and can't resist photographing them every year.We had never seen so many lupins until we came to Nova Scotia.

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  8. I'm so glad you shared your lupins with us. They are such beautiful flowers and I've heard how Nova Scotia is blanketed with them.

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  9. Lovely images. Lupines spark contrary emotions for me. My introduction to the plant was as a pariah to livestock, especially cattle. But my husband loved them so we planted some at our new home. They were spectacular, till the heat of summer assaulted them and they became mildewy, nasty looking things. Now, they are a plant I like to see from a safe distance...like your beautiful images.

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