My favourite flower
A financial website I use requires me to answer a "secret question" before I can gain access.
I have several options. One of the choices is "What is your favourite flower?"
The answer I entered when I registered is LUPIN.
It's not necessarily my favourite, but it was the first I learned to identify when I was knee high to a grasshopper. Mum struggled to have a flower garden in our back garden (yard in the U.S.A), but it was hard work in a small west facing area which was also a play area for the children.
But one or two lupines defied the odds, and they fascinated me (at aged 4 ?)
Maybe I was fascinated by the unusual shape of the blossoms, or of the unusual leaves, (who knows the mind of a four year old?)
But I am still fascinated by Lupines (which do not flourish in the semi-tropical climate of South West Florida).
I have several options. One of the choices is "What is your favourite flower?"
The answer I entered when I registered is LUPIN.
It's not necessarily my favourite, but it was the first I learned to identify when I was knee high to a grasshopper. Mum struggled to have a flower garden in our back garden (yard in the U.S.A), but it was hard work in a small west facing area which was also a play area for the children.
But one or two lupines defied the odds, and they fascinated me (at aged 4 ?)
Maybe I was fascinated by the unusual shape of the blossoms, or of the unusual leaves, (who knows the mind of a four year old?)
But I am still fascinated by Lupines (which do not flourish in the semi-tropical climate of South West Florida).
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| Wild Lupines in California. I have been fortunate enough to see these in full bloom alongside the highway. |
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| Lupines in California alongside California Poppies |
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| Cultivated Lupines in the U.K. |
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| Lupine leaves, (digitals?) |
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