Lupins by if1

Lupins

089 - While walking back from the city centre, I took a debtour through Homestead Park, and found that the lupins are now coming nicely into bloom.

I didn't know until recently that there was a York area connection with their development. George Russell was born in Stillington, near York in 1857. He was a keen gardener who dedicated his life to improving the garden lupin and making sure that it was strong, healthy, truly perennial and included all the colours of the rainbow. The result was a very special strain of lupin that came to be known as the ‘Russell Lupin’. George Russell’s lupins became world famous.

The display in the Homestead Gardens is dedicated to him.
Very pretty! Nice capture.
June 2nd, 2012  
@marieooi

Thank you Marie.
June 2nd, 2012  
I love lupins! We just have the purple ones wild in the hills here. This is a great shot. They look so fresh and clean. Ian, all these photos and you are still just a grey face with black eyes??LOL
June 2nd, 2012  
Beautiful shot! :)
June 3rd, 2012  
What a cool looking plant
June 3rd, 2012  
@m9f9l

Thank you - there were lots of different colours in the park, but I loved the gentle colours of these. As for the profile picture, would you believe that I really don't like having my photo taken! lol
June 3rd, 2012  
@paintdipper

Thank you, glad you like it!
June 3rd, 2012  
@bkbinthecity

Thank you - it was once a common garden flower here, but seems less popular now. They are lovely in a mass display.
June 3rd, 2012  
Haven't seen a lupin in a while! Thanks for the info too!
June 3rd, 2012  
@phuketvillas

Thank you, glad you found it interesting
June 3rd, 2012  
Many people don't like their picture taken I think! Use one of your favorite photos instead, or something that 'represents' you :-) (I'm sure Marie doesn't really look like Gromit!)
June 3rd, 2012  
Such a lovely shot! I love the colours, very nice! :O)
June 3rd, 2012  
@lizzy_lu123

Thank you Lisa, lupins make a lovely display don't they?
June 3rd, 2012  
lovely shot
June 3rd, 2012  
Dad may not like having his picture taken, but luckily I now have a photo face that has come from years of him wielding a camera! lol! :D
June 3rd, 2012  
Deb
Great colours and detail!
June 4th, 2012  
Ami
Love the colors! Beautiful picture!
June 4th, 2012  
@steeler

Thank you Howard, glad you like it!
June 5th, 2012  
@lucycakes

You're also a bit sneaky when it comes to taking pictures of people caught unawares!
June 5th, 2012  
@debley

Thank you Deb, glad you like it!
June 5th, 2012  
@amida

Thank you Ami, glad you like it!
June 5th, 2012  
Gorgeous! I have planted some of these in my garden recently but they may not flower till next year!
June 5th, 2012  
@sarah19

Thank you Sarah. There were a whole variety of colours in the park, but I liked the look of these relatively gentle colours.
June 5th, 2012  
I do like lupins but my husband doesn't so we don't have any in the garden. Lovely picture.
June 6th, 2012  
@louisefrance

Thank you Louise. There is quite a varied collection in the Homestead Park, in a wide range of colours, but I preferred these relatively gentle colours
June 6th, 2012  
Beautiful flowers and an awesome capture
June 17th, 2012  
@roslynjoy

Thank you Roslyn. Lupins aren't one of my favourite flowers, but I do like the effect of a group of them like this.
June 17th, 2012  
That looks absolutely beautiful! A fav for me.

Lupines don't grow here, I really wish they did!
June 21st, 2012  
@mimiducky

Thank you.and thank you for the fav! I walked past the gardens where these are a couple of days ago, and there are now a large range of different colours of lupin. If the rain ever stops, and if they haven't been battered to pieces, I'm intending to get a few more shots of them.
June 22nd, 2012  
so pretty flower in bloom:D a fav
June 25th, 2012  
@snowflakes86

Thank you her, and thank you for the fav! This is just a sample of the many colours in the Homestead Park. I'm hoping to get back for some more shots, hopefully when it sunshines
June 25th, 2012  
@m9f9l

OK, you've convinced me, but it's taken a while to get just the right profile photo!

@lucycakes

Thank you for the ideal profile photo!
June 25th, 2012  
@if1 Well I spotted it and thought of you!
June 25th, 2012  
@lucycakes

As a blockhead?
June 25th, 2012  
@if1 As a photographer!
July 2nd, 2012  
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