is it a weed or a wild flower

lupins  - this a picture of lupins growing in a field, they are wild flowers and their growth is unrestricted.
Canada
July 6, 2007 1:23am CST
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 choking out the flowers that we have planted. In some parts of the Eastern part of Canada Lupins are thought of as weeds. They are actually wild flowers. Moreover lupins have been grown domestically and gardeners are continually working with them and producing hybrid versions that are very beautiful . Here on Grand Manan we see Lupins growing all over the place, no one controls their growth. They are very pretty. Below I have included a picture.
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@creematee (2810)
• United States
6 Jul 07
They are so beautiful! Thank you for sharing them with me, bigpinkmomma! I love lupines, and for many years tried to grow my own. I get the little seeds to start, but when I move them outside, they just die like they've never had a chance. Oh well. AS long as there are some, somewhere, and people like you take beautiful photos of them, I guess I can still enjoy them!
• Canada
6 Jul 07
Thanks for the compliment . You know I looked at your spelling lupines, and I looked at my spelling lupin, and then I looked them up in the dictionary and we are both correct .
• United States
12 Jul 07
all weeds that have blooms are wildflowers. Just some people dont see the gift that some weeds are. Free flowers who can beat that, my 10 foot tall joe pyle weeds are my favorite they have purple blooms on tall dark green stems. And I love flea bane this year I let them grow and they too are taller than me LOL. I even lucked out and got some chickory growning in the yard they have beautiful blue flowers, Ive also got some beautiful pink morning glories and wild potato vines that have beautiful white flowers on them.nature has filled my yard with pretty flowers and its a good excuse to not to mow the grass