#bigleaf lupin
Text
Bzzz!
Just some bees in my garden and in the fields and on a neighbourhood walk. :)
Featured bees include bumblebees (native), green sweatbees (native), honeybees (invasive), carpenter bees (native), and some I'm not sure about.
Featured flower hosts include bull thistles (invasive weed), rose of sharon (invasive), New England aster (native), cup plant (native), starthistle (not native), Nuttall's sunflower (native), purple coneflower (native), anise hyssop (native), white wood aster (native), swamp milkweed (native), sow thistle (invasive weed), creeping charlie (invasive), creeping thistle (invasive weed), wild rose (native maybe), wild bergamot (native), bride's feathers (native), bigleaf lupin (native maybe or invasive), and upright prairie coneflower "Mexican hat" (native species, but a cultivar).
All my photos, unedited. Don't mind the weirdness of the third last photo. It's my phone's "portrait" which I found out belatedly can have, uh, interesting results.
#bees#bumblebees#insects#hymenoptera#bees wasps and ants#honeybees#sweatbees#carpenter bees#my photos#photography#blackswallowtailbutterfly#bees on flowers#flowers#native North American plant species#native North American insect species#thistles#milkweed#sunflower#purple coneflower#upright prairie coneflower#swamp milkweed#lupin#bigleaf lupin#asters#New England aster#white wood aster#coneflowers#wild rose#starthistle#creeping charlie
7 notes
·
View notes
Text
Lupinus polyphyllus finally in bloom on campus :'3
34 notes
·
View notes
Photo
Bigleaf Lupine
42 notes
·
View notes
Text
Sooty grouse mother on high watch, the chicks forage in the clearing of bigleaf lupine and Oregon sunshine. It's early summer, and the clouds cast shadows like the careful wing of a mother over such a vulnerable opening
111 notes
·
View notes
Text
Seen: July 2019, Ely MN
So based on the number of leaflets I think we are looking at Large-Leaved Lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus) if I am correct in this, then this is an invasive species! :-( you can tell the difference between the native Wild Lupine and this invasive Large-Leaved Lupine is the number of leaflets. The native species has 7-11 (and is a smaller plant) and the invasive species has 9-17.
So based on the number of leaflets I think we are looking at Large-Leaved Lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus) if I am correct in this, then this is an invasive species! :-( you can tell the difference between the native Wild Lupine and this invasive Large-Leaved Lupine is the number of leaflets. The native species has 7-11 (and is a smaller plant) and the invasive species has 9-17.
Large-Leaved Lupine is native to the Western US but was introduced to Minnesota by gardeners. They escaped cultivation and were also intentionally planted along roadsides- especially along the north shore of Lake Superior. Up north large mono-cultures have formed and are now spreading west and south. As pretty as these flowers are they are taking over native landscapes and are an important reminder that just because something is pretty, doesn't mean it's good.
Although bigleaf Lupine normally prefers cool, subalpine climates and damp to wet soils, like most successful invasives they are very adaptable. It can also tolerate full sun and seasonally drier soils, in fact it can even prefer acidic, nutrient-poor soils which gives it a competitive advantage over other plants.
This plant does have many beneficial characteristics in its natural habitat however! These flowers attract hummingbirds. They can also be used for prairie or wetland restoration. They are deep rooted and suitable for erosion control and soil stabilization. Also, as a native legume, they can be used in revegetation of logging roads or clear cuts as nitrogen fixers.
Sources: https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/large-leaved-lupine
www.plants.usda.gov
1 note
·
View note
Text
Lupinus polyphyllus is in the fabacea family, so of course it's seeds are like pea pods!
20 notes
·
View notes
Text
POV ur a bug amongst the lupinus polyphyllus
8 notes
·
View notes
Photo
See this beautiful plant? It's a pnw native called bigleaf lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus) and it's a host plant for a number of native blue butterfly species! Bigleaf lupine is also a nitrogen fixer. Plant some in your yard, your friends yards, or even in neighborhood green spaces to help save these butterflies and your local ecosystem!
26 notes
·
View notes
Text
Last time I tried this it loaded forever and nothing happened. So let's try again:
Oenothera speciosa (pink evening primrose)
Gaillardia xgrandiflora (blanket flower)
Allium schoenoprasum (wild chives)
Rubus allegheniensis (Allegheny blackberry)
Drymocallis arguta (tall cinquefoil)
Armeria maritima (thrift seapink)
Erigeron glabellus (streamside fleabane)
Aquilegia canadensis (Canada columbine)
Fragaria virginiana (wild strawberry)
Erigeron philadelphicus (Philadelphia fleabane)
Lupinus polyphyllus (bigleaf lupine)
Mimulus guttatus (yellow monkeyflower)
Tradescantia ohiensis (Ohio spiderwort)
Taraxacum officinale (dandelion)
Hydrophyllum virginianum (Virginia waterleaf)
Fragaria vesca (woodland strawberry)
Phlox divaricata (woodland phlox)
Cerastium arvense (field chickweed)
Vaccinium angustifolium (lowbush blueberry)
Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit)
Trillium cuneatum (sweet little Betsy)
Zizia aurea (Golden alexanders)
Calctha palustris (marsh marigold)
Myosotis laxa (smallflower forget-me-not)
Trillium erectum (red wakerobin)
Uvularia grandiflora (largeflower bellwort)
Heliopsis helianthoides (sweet oxeye)
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (New England aster)
Silphium perfoliatum (cup plant)
Cirsium discolor (field thistle)
And the rest will have to wait because tumblr cut me off. lol
7 notes
·
View notes
Text
I have PLONTS!!! :D Not all of them, it happens. But I do still have a chance to get two of them, and I did find purplestem angelica! I have to figure out where to put it, but I'll puzzle that out when I get home. I'm pretty sure I have at least one other order coming pretty soon too, of not this weekend then early next week, possibly two orders. And I wanted to see what I could possibly get as a replacement plant while I was at the plant sale and did find a few so I don't need to add those to any planned orders unless I want to give them more friends. Purplestem angelica, green dragon, Canadian fly honeysuckle! (Second attempts) wild yam, showy tick trefoil, boneset, hairy mountain mint, downy yellow violet, white lettuce, Canada wild rye! (Third attempts) Roundhead bush clover, fireweed! I have them, they are mine! Also got more field thistle because I can't tell if the baby thistles growing are mine that reseeded itself or just more invasive bull/spear thistle. I'll leave those be until I'm sure, but in the mean time I'll plant the new ones. Also plan to plant my seeds this weekend (bigleaf lupine, strawberry spinach, scarlet runner bean, sweet corn) so we'll see how those do. I don't have much luck with seeds though my plants reseed themselves fairly reliably.
11 notes
·
View notes
Photo
Botanical illustration of bigleaf lupine or Lupinus polyphyllus
3 notes
·
View notes
Text
I wasn’t sure but now I am. My rocky mountains bee plant has successfully reseeded itself and I now have at least 13 plants coming up when I started with only one. That means I can harvest a few pods this year and eat them like beans!
Still no evidence of my bigleaf lupine, bush clovers, hopniss, or wild yam, but my dwarf milkweed and whorled milkweed are definitely coming up now. Here’s hoping. If they all do in the next couple of weeks then the only other thing to wait for are the butterflyweeds and the northeastern black cherry tomatoes
Squirrels dug up my white lettuce and got very close to doing the same with the wood lilies so enough is enough. I replanted the white lettuce and hopefully it will be okay, and I’ve sprinkled cayenne pepper around all my plants that they might harm by digging up. That should keep them away for a bit. I’m also about halfway done marking out one of my new areas. Would have finished but I’m on my period and got some indigestion which made my tummy hurt. It involves moving a lot of rocks. I didn’t want to push it so I’m back inside. If you make the thing you love unpleasant you don’t love it anymore. But I can finish tomorrow. And then I’ll start weeding that area and maybe turn the earth. Otherwise I’ll mark out the other area. And once I have those areas marked out, that’s it as far as where I’ve been given permission to plant on! Which is actually quite a lot, but I think I want to persuade my landlord and lady to let me plant around the dying apple tree and/or around the big black walnut tree, because both those areas get a lot of sun and it would give me an excuse to plant another sunflower species or two, tall coreopsis, and maaaybe even something like cow parsnip or purplestem angelica since the apple tree is in the middle of the front lawn and the only person who walks up close to it is me. Plus I always mark out my planting areas with stones. That front area is just so boring generally and I think decorating the trees by planting around them would be neat.
I wanted to try making maple seed cookies this weekend but I don’t think it’s going to happen. Maybe next weekend though.
7 notes
·
View notes
Text
Garden news:
Two orders of plants came in this week! Also got contacted for the other pickup order but they let me know they’d prefer to wait a couple weeks since one of the plants was still pretty small. Not only do I not have any personal experience with that species but they’re literally the only place that carries it so I told them I trust their judgment and I can wait. So I will!
My large toothwort seems to be very happy in my window well and I like that I now have a plant to look at from my basement. Can’t wait to add a fern.
Speaking of which, that order will be coming this weekend or in this coming week.
My wood lilies are coming up! I thought they had died last summer. And I’ve ordered four more...lol Oh well. Judging by my Michigan lilies’ babies I think they must act as a kind of ephemeral when they’re young. Because while the mature Michigan lilies will last in some form pretty much until fall, the babies they made died in the spring last year. I thought I had done something wrong but they came up again this year and are a little bigger this time around. So I guess it’s the same with the wood lilies.
One of the nurseries I ordered from contacted me about a replacement since they didn’t have one of the plants I wanted (it died), which was already a replacement for something else, but that’s okay because I already have that plant and only ordered it again because I didn’t know if it had survived its first winter in my garden (it did!). So I’m getting a species I don’t have that they hadn’t yet marked as available on their website. :) Also they said they’d put me on a waiting list for two other species they carry that I really want and can’t find anywhere else so I’ll be notified as soon as they get them! If they get them this year, which they hopefully will. My common tall sunflowers tried to pull their trick of blending in with the pearly everlasting again, but no! It also sent a shoot up between the sidewalk stones. Because of course it did. I’ve also now realized the difference between the common tall sunflower shoots and the stiff sunflower shoots, so I pulled a bunch of the common tall sunflower shoots because they are bullying the stiff sunflower. You stay on your side! So far the Canada goldenrod I relocated is oddly well-behaved, but I’m sure that won’t be for long.
Something, likely a caterpillar, is eating my purple giant hyssop, but I can’t find the damn thing. It’s probably happening at night. Maybe I’ll go out there with a flashlight this evening. A squirrel dug up one of my squirrel corn bulbs but it’s okay, the plant is cool with it, because sometimes the bulbs have “pups” and the squirrels’ digging loosens and scatters them which allows the plant to spread. And the squirrels don’t actually eat them, so it’s fine.
I think I’ve lost my bigleaf lupine. I hope I’m wrong about that because I got that species entirely by accident when it was supposed to be a sundial lupine (which I now have the real thing). I hope I’m wrong because although it is a native species, most native plant nurseries won’t carry it because it can be got at regular garden centres but the problem there is that they’re nearly always cultivars, and some of those cultivars have turned the plant super aggressive, so it acts like an invasive species even though it isn’t. The one I got by accident was a mixup wherein they were supposed to get sundial lupine and sold it as such, but then the plants grew with too many leaflets and it was obviously not that species. So they let everyone know when they realized and gave out a coupon, but I was overjoyed when they said what it was instead, and this bigleaf lupine was a very well-behaved plant. Anyway, reason I worry is that my sundial lupine in full leaf right now and I don’t remember when the bigleaf lupine emerged in the spring last year but there’s not even a hint of it yet. I dearly hope I’m wrong and it’s just taking its time.
My hopniss, wild yam, bush clovers, and dwarf milkweed aren’t showing any signs of life yet but I don’t know when they’re supposed to so maybe they’re fine. The butterflyweed hasn’t yet either but I don’t expect it to until like July. My buffalo berry is just starting to show signs of life. Thought I’d lost it, but appears not!
Weeds: I finally got to plant a native thistle but that hasn’t stopped the non-native ones from being a nuisance. There’s one in particular that spreads by rhizome. It’s not prickly but it is prolific. I’ve allowed one to stay until it flowers just so I can identify the bloody thing. I’m still pulling up garlic mustard and dog-strangling vine from time to time but I’ve got a good handle on them now. I remember a couple years ago it seemed impossible that I would be able to keep on top of them, but I hardly ever see the dog-strangling vine on the back hill anymore and it’s eventually going to get to the point where they’ll only end up in my garden from the wind blowing the seeds in now and then. Dandelions are dandelions. They don’t hurt anything, there’s just a lot of them. I’ll pull them up from the beds, but not the lawn.
Flowers! My Virginia strawberry is flowering (white) and maybe it’ll make fruit this year. My woodland strawberry is too (white) and will probably make fruit this year since it did last year. My common elderberry has buds (will be white) and will hopefully make more than one fruit this year, the multiple smallflower forget-me-nots (blue) around the yard are in flower, and both Jack-in-the-pulpit plants still have their flowers (striped purple and green). My spicebush is in flower (yellow), all my violets are flowering (purple and white), my tall bluebells have opened their flowers (blue), and my Virginia bluebells are still budding (will be intense blue). My perennial flax is in flower (blue violet) and so is my fragrant sumac (green), my chickweed (white), and my rock cress (white). My thrift seapinks are putting up buds (will be vivid magenta), and my field pussytoes were already in flower (white) when I got it. One of my streamside fleabanes is about to open its bud (likely pink). Both my columbines are blooming (one red and yellow and the other blue and yellow), and my alexanders (yellow) too. My wild geranium has gotten quite sizeable this year and has many flowers (pink). My woodland phlox is going to bloom this year (will be white or blue). My barren strawberry certainly is (yellow). My blueberry that I moved last year has lots of flowers (pale green). My bog rosemary is flowering too (pink) and my tall meadow rue has its flower spike up (will be white I think). My Canada garlic and wild chives are starting to put buds up too (pink). Plenty more to come!
#gardening#native plants#native plant garden#North American native plants#native plants of Ontario#Carolinian zone#edible native plants
6 notes
·
View notes
Text
Going to plant my remaining seeds (strawberry spinach and bigleaf lupine) and probably chop up some dead stems today. Don’t think anything would still be sleeping in them by now. I really have to figure what to do with the fallen pine branches and lopped off white mulberry branches. Not sure they’ll fit in a yard waist bag, they’re too thick and numerous to chop into small pieces, and they can’t just stay in a pile like that. Wish I had a wood chipper. lol Also need to do some weeding. Those damned sow thistles I’ll never be rid of. Some of those rhizomes go at least a foot deep.
1 note
·
View note
Last Seen Blogs
fatmaalzahraa
Andalousia
ashyybees-art
Artist in a Trenchcoat
hobahh
Untitled
jacksonstarkiller
Professional pain in the ass.
symp4nat
yours ;)