As I drove up Highway 74 yesterday, the "Palms to Pines" highway, I noticed that the Santa Rosa Mountains visitor center had their annual wildflower festival. WHAT WILDFLOWERS? We, unfortunately, have very few this year, due to the lack of rainfall. I drove up and down yesterday and I only found 2 very tiny patches of lupines. Last year and especially the year before, the highway was full of them....not so this year, alas! I did pull over at one turnout where there were 4 little, tiny, scrawny lupines and I stopped to take photos of them. There are NONE up at the horse ranch either. And, finally, I have only 1 which sprouted out of the hundreds of wildflower seeds I threw out in my garden. ONE....I have a feeling it is going to be a long, hot summer this year! Today's Flowers for March 4, 2012. To visit Today's Flowers, please go to: http://flowersfromtoday.blogspot.com/
To visit Saturday's Flowers, please go to:
http://www.blueberrycraftandhobbytime.blogspot.com/
Saw a few lupines along the highway on the way to Laughlin last week. That is all. Very scary the lack of moisture.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful desert Lupine.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos, too.
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Nice photos.
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Yes it really looks deprived but it is still lovely being a lupine. We don't have it in the hot tropics but i've seen it in temperate climes, and i loved them since then.
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