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hey Folks,

I told ya you’d see some more lupines. Aren’t they gorgeous flowers? This one in the foreground was not quite in full bloom yet, but I thought the scene worked well. Plus, I do love me some lupine, so I took a bunch of photos of different ones.

Cheers

Carl

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4 Responses to “Lupine, Icy Bay, Wrangell – St. Elias National Park, Alaska.”

1. Minna says:

   July 6, 2008 at 10:51 am

   I’m still having a hard time deciding what I think about lupines. I agree with you that they can look absolutely fabulous, especially when they grow in great numbers… but at the same time, I can’t help thinking that it’s an invasive plant here in Sweden and it seems like its numbers have exploded in the recent years, up here in the central Sweden anyway. But as long as it doesn’t kill any of our native plants, gorgeous it is.
2. Mark says:

   July 6, 2008 at 4:31 pm

   I like these as well Carl, but they don’t get this intense blue down here in Michigan. More a shade of violet – and of course, I don’t get them growing in front of majestic mountain peaks. Now I know the time of year I would want to visit St. Elias if I ever get up there.
3. Beth Lunsford says:

   July 10, 2008 at 11:46 am

   I love the flowers. They are so pretty.
4. Carl Donohue says:

   July 15, 2008 at 8:03 pm

   Hey Mark,

   yeah, I probably got the color a bit wrong on the computer .. it shouldn’t be quite so blue.

   Minna, is lupine an invasive plant in Sweden? I thought they were endemic?

   Cheers

   Carl

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