Friday garden blogging
Lupines
This hillside along US Rt 2 in Veazie is covered with Lupinus perennis.
Channel 2 (WLBZ) teased us tonight with a story that they were cutting down lupines in Acadia National Park. I can’t find an internet reference. The explanation from a Park spokesman was that they feel lupines are invasive and crowd out native plants. There goes my romance with this venerable late-spring flower that dots roadsides everywhere around here this time of year.
Update: The Bangor Daily News has the Acadia story here.
June 18th, 2005 at 03:52
Let’s not forget the Dennis Moore sketch from Monty Python!
June 26th, 2005 at 20:39
Your beautiful photo reminds me of the children’s book, Miss Rumphius. Miss Rumphius’ last goal in her life was to make the world more beautiful, and she did so by sowing lupine seeds everywhere. A sweet inspiring book.
June 26th, 2005 at 20:40
Actually, it was probably a reallife Miss Rumphius who started the whole thing.
Lupines are native here in CA.
June 27th, 2005 at 06:44
Thanks for stopping by Deep Blade Journal, Shari. Amazing book, Miss Rumphius. My brother and sister-in-law are visiting from Minnesota and observing the massive fields of lupines, especially on Mount Desert Island. From there we just returned after a Sunday day trip. My sister-in-law recalled what I had forgotten — I gave my nephew Miss Rumphius for Christmas many years ago. Then I opened the RSS feed and saw your comments…wow. Check your email for a surprise…