The lupines are in bloom, but the wild lupines are harder to find in Minnesota and Wisconsin as the large-leaved lupine which is native to western US have become invasive after gardeners introduced it the area.
Colorful Lupines
Picture of the Day for June 13, 2024
The white blossoms of the daisies always signal summer time to me.
Summer Daisies
Picture of the Day for June 10, 2024
Other irises are blooming too, but these poor colorful irises were laying on the ground after the next rain storm.
Pretty Irises Before the Rain
Picture of the Day for May 31, 2024
The variety of colors of the primroses present a cheery and happy scene.
Smiling Primroses
Picture of the Day for April 24, 2024
With the lack of snow most of the winter, I expected to see wildflowers blooming very early with mild winter, but instead they were later than normal. Even the other flowers were late as I found some snow glories ten days ago but a lot of years they are blooming in March.
Late Snow Glories
Picture of the Day for April 22, 2024
The daffodils have been open for more than a week now and they glowed in the brief sunshine today, but they might not feel so warm tomorrow night when it drops to 27 degrees.
Sunny Yellow Daffodils
Picture of the Day for December 11, 2023
The colorful blossoms are just a memory by December, but there is still some evidence of the fall flowers in the faded seed heads.
Evidence of Fall Flowers
Picture of the Day for November 14, 2023
With even more than a week of below freezing temperatures hasn’t put a damper on these tough and cheery little violas.
Cheery Viola
Picture of the Day for August 8, 2023
These flowers with the shaggy look resembles my hair in the morning on some days. Common names for this flower include bergamot, bee balm, horsemint, and oswego tea.
Pretty Bee Balm
Picture of the Day for July 31, 2023
Many flowers were enjoying the sunshine today, like these pretty blossoms of the foxglove.
Foxglove Blossoms
