Lupinus albifrons: The silver lupine is a taller variety that grows 3 to 5 feet tall, featuring pale blue-to-purple flowers atop its silver-green leaves.

Discover the truth about the vibrant purple flower that is an invasive weed in some areas. Explore native alternatives that you can cultivate in your garden.

Maine’s only native lupine species, the sundial lupine ( Lupinus perennis ), once supported native pollinators such as the ...

Other native flowers to keep an eye out for especially in coastal areas includes the bright-yellow California goldfields, white beach strawberry flower and the stacked purple lupine flower, among ...

“There are a lot more flowers besides the phlox, balsamroot, and lupine that everyone is used to seeing,” he said.

If they land on a white or a pink flower and cross-pollinate the colours, the flowers' offspring has a much higher chance of being purple.

COYOTE WALL RECREATION AREA — The sun shone bright, birds zipped around the sky and tiny, vivid purple, yellow and white flowers flared at my feet.

About 30 years ago, the Prince Edward Island government tried unsuccessfully to eradicate the flowers. Now, lupin-covered fields and hillsides are a staple in tourism.

In addition to its human admirers, the lupine plant attracts pollinators to its tubular flowers of white, pink, red, yellow, blue, or purple. Most lupine varieties sold today are hybrids of the ...

Invasive lupins can crowd out native plants and the insects those plants support, although McCallum said they are a boon for bumblebees. And it is the bumblebees, he figures, that are at least partly ...