Purple & Green

  
  
(someone please tell me what kind of flowers these are - lupins?)

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L."Wren" Vandever said…
Yep, you got it, Lene. Those are lupins, which just happen to be my most favority wildflower in the world. Your photo is gorgeous!
11:36 AM
MissDazey said…
Lene, thank-you for this picture. I just finished reading a book and lupins were mentioned several times. I had meant to look them up. Aren't they a lovely flower.
11:44 AM
Liz Miller said…
Miss Dazey, was it Something in the Water?
4:31 PM
KMH said…
Those look more like sage flowers from what I can see of them. Lupin leaves are very distinctive: they are a whorl of long slender leaves.
11:05 PM
LynnM said…
They don't look like lupins. Salvia? (Just checking. That would be common sage so I agree with KMH.)
4:16 AM
Leslie said…
Yes, those are lupins, and a beutiful shot too! Had to tell you that I received my book - Our Hands Can! And the book is lovely! I was touched by the stories and the the photos were beautiful. You and your friends did a great job!
8:05 AM
k said…
Salvia.
http://alxweber.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/salvia-sidebar/
10:42 PM
Earin Marybird said…
Salvia. The leaves would cinch it but lupin don't have the scalloped edges and the stamen sticking out.
12:38 AM
WOW said…
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3:29 AM
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