Costume idea for Handmaid's Tale?
(Image lifted from the interweb.)
No, that's not it.
It's Lupinus 'Westcountry Blacksmith'
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A slave to the Goddess Flora shares his garden adventures.
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Although this could very well be a picture of me finding a new treasure at a favorite nursery, it's actually an illustration by David Catrow for a children's book called Plantzilla.
I almost choked on my coffee seeing your reference. The flower is amazing, maybe it's time I tried Lupine in my garden.
ReplyDeleteWow! Talk about presenting a flower in a new way. I thought I knew what a lupine looked like but that's not what I would have guessed. I've always wanted to grown the deep, wine red ones that you see in pix of English gardens. But I've never seen any for sale here.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun comparison! Lupine grow wild in areas of New England and when you see an entire field of them, amazing.
ReplyDeleteTeehee, that's a good one Peter!
ReplyDeleteThat's a gorgeous flower! I recognized it right away but chuckled over your comparison. I sowed seeds for a red one this year but no flowers yet of course. They're still way too small. Maybe next year.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful! I love lupines! but just like peonies and tulips they are yet another plant that doesn't grow in my awfully warm climate :(
ReplyDeleteOooo! That closeup is delicious. I did not guess it, but I love it. We don't grow lupine well here, not enough heat. All they do is attract aphid. We gave up on them.
ReplyDeleteNice. If those were little grape candies (Spree?) that would be perfect.
ReplyDeleteI didn't make the connection to lupine at all from the close-up. Well done!
ReplyDeleteI immediatetly recognized it as a lupine! Because I have simmilar ones blooming in my garden right now.
ReplyDeleteOkay...that is too funny!
ReplyDeleteThey look like little purple pillows sticking out of a white pillow case. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHa, good likeness, but I did guess lupine, as it is the season after all. :)
ReplyDeleteHa, funny comparison! I love lupines and have similar looking ones, though I don't know the cultivar.
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