lupin and columbine.

The front garden has been evolving nicely this spring. One of my favorite flowers in the yard is the lupin. I love how there are different shades of stalks of flowers all on the same plant. They seem so hardy and strong. There actually have been a few volunteer lupin plants in the garden from last year. Hopefully it would take over the front garden completely with all different colors. Jenn and I were at the farmers market in Columbia City last summer and talked to a man who I think was from Peru or Argentina and was telling us about the lupin there. He said that the stalks of flowers can get to be six feet tall and are just amazing. He said he'd been trying to grow them here, but they didn't do so well. Six feet! That would be glorious. You could just stand next to the plant and hug the flowers like you were hugging a person! Wow! Also in the picture are the columbine we brought in a pot from the apartment. They've been doing well too. The fact that all these flowers are blooming is the ONLY sign that it's not January any more. You certainly can't tell it was June from the weather.