Here is a photo of a Nursery customer's garden, featuring his lovely lupine.
Lupines belong to the pea family and are mainly native to North America, southern Europe and North Africa. They generally bloom from April - July and prefer open dry sites, sometimes woodlands. Lupines are beloved for their long, erect spikes of showy pea flowers. Lupines have the added benefit of being nitrogen-fixing plants.
I have some gorgeous memories of the wild lupine growing in Maine and Eastern Canada. What a lovely sight!!
Many thanks to Brian of Barkhamsted for sharing this photo of his gardens. Brian's Lupine is a Russell hybrid, which is a hybrid introduced by George Russell back in the 1930's.
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