Lupin & Poppies

[ranunculus]

It has been an incredibly dry and cold winter/spring here in Northern California.  That means that the grass hasn't grown much so it isn't overwhelming the flowers  and we are being treated to quite a show.

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That's a really disconcerting combination to an Alaskan eye because while we have poppies bloom in the spring, lupine are typically a late-summer (August) flower here. But, hey, they're gorgeous and we who still have a foot of snow on the ground thank you for the vicarious pleasure of them!

[ranunculus]

You are welcome.
I think coastal lupin blooms quite a lot later here too, but then some of it is perennial. This lupin, a very dwarf annual form, is a spring bloomer.
I'm looking forward to being in Anchorage (and out and about) in August, a little later than usual so maybe I'll have a double lupin year!