Our #lupines are blooming daily now

Working my way through #covid19 Yep I was fully #vaxxed got it anyway. And it wasn't the least bit mild. 3 days of fever over #102. Today 5th just feels like a chest cold. But as any good #gardener would when expecting a week of rain. And having sprouting bulbs arrive monday. I went out and planted over 200 #bulbs on my hands and knees. Mixed #crocus , #iris reticulata Harmony, grape #hyacinth, PurpIe Emperor #allium , and #snowflakes. Still to plant are blue shades #anemone blanda and a few species tulips.

And also two colors of bachelor button seeds.

I note grass and #lupines coming up in the #fieldofdreams #wildlowermeadow #gardening #GardeningMastodon @gardening

I don't have an pictures from today but here's a recent sunrise.

#Lupines going to seed

I was #planting #lupines and turned around and there she was. #CatsOfMastodon

Once upon a time, many folks told me that #lupines can't be #propagated by cuttings because they're very sensitive.

I decided to challenge that with #PlantPropagation experiments. I tried to propagate lupine cuttings in water, with rooting powder, with raw aloe vera gel & with raw honey & cinnamon. This is a successful new plant from honey/cinnamon rooting! I did it!

I'm so happy about this

It's almost time... #Lupines #Lupins #Gardening #GardeningMastodon

#bloomscrolling #fieldofdreams #wildflowermeadow #CaNativePlants #poppies #lupines #napavalley a little late but the wildflowers are beginning to bloom. Arroyo lupine and California Poppies

“In the deep spring when the grass was green on fields and foothills, when the lupines and poppies made a splendid blue and gold earth, when the great trees awakened in yellow-green young leaves, then there was no more lovely place in the world.
― John Steinbeck, The Wayward Bus

Please enjoy my pen &ink &watercolour called
“Fairies in the Lupines “
Can you find all 15 fairies ?
#art #artist #painting #watercolour #artistsonmastodon #mastoart
@Curator #Steinbeck #lupines #fairies

My #purple #lupines are slowly #GoingToSeed - they're #beautiful in that #PlantLife stage too

and now, these #tulips are in full bloom while #lupines are coming along nicely. #gardening #MidwestGarden #MichiganGarden