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I think these are lupins. Any ideas?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 5 Jun 23

On our way home from the endurance ride in Ravensthorpe, Western Australia, we stopped in a truck bay to have a cup of coffee. There was a pile of seeds of some sort on the ground. I thought they might have been coffee beans,...

western australia

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My First Lupin

Jackie Money @olliesmum (828) • Norwich, England 22 Jul 19

Although I've only got a small garden I desperately wanted lupins but usually they're so tall and take up a lot of room but I managed to find some dwarf ones. This is the first one of the season and is a very pale yellow. They...

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I Love God's Green Earth!

Jackie Money @olliesmum (828) • Norwich, England 21 May 19

This afternoon I had a wonderful relaxing day out in my garden. Adam came out with me as he's trying to get a new pond up and running for our 20 odd fish. I cut the lawn and got that lovely fresh mown smell. I then decided to...

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My Midsummer Gift From The Birds

Darkwing @Darkwing (21583) 26 Jun 09

Two or three years ago, I noticed a strawberry plant in my garden, beside the arbour. Not knowing where it came from, I assumed the birds had carried the seeds there, and deposited them where I regularly sit on my lounger. I do...

gifts from birds

trees and shrubs

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Lupins. Where have they all gone?

Colmuc @Colmuc (707) 2 Jun 09

Fifty to sixty years ago almost every garden where I lived in Scotland had lupin plants in several shades. Where I live in South Germany they are almost unknown and I have never seen any in a garden except for my own. I grew mine...

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is it a weed or a wild flower

bigpinkmomma @bigpinkmomma (449) • Canada 6 Jul 07

I have many weeds growing in my garden, some we know right off that they are weeds and so we pull then out, Then some weeds have pretty flowers on them and we like to let them grow if they are not growing in a flower bed and...

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