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April – May Lupines
May 31: It’s Saturday and Raining (of course). This is the field of Lupines on Sunset Hill Road. Look at all those spikes that will be blooms in a few days when we get sun.
May 30: The lupines that line part of Sugar Hill’s Grand View Road are starting to bloom.
May 30: The lupines that line part of Sugar Hill’s Grand View Road are starting to bloom.
May 30: No Lupine Blooms at Harman’s yet.
May 29: I found a lupine blooming in Sugar Hill. There will be more once the sun returns!
May 28: Most of our lupines aren’t blooming yet. Some time next week, when the sun returns I think we’ll see plenty of blooms.
May 28: Zoom view of lupines starting to bloom on Sunset Hill Road
May 28, after another day of sun . . . a few more lupines in the field.
May 27: 2 days of sun and this field on Sunset Hill Road is getting ready to pop. This field is private property so please photograph from the road when it is in full bloom.
May 26: The sun is out today so maybe some of these flower spikes will bloom this week.
May 24: Dyke Road Lupines still waiting for sun and then these spikes should pop with some color.
May 24: Lupine grow where they want, even in a road!
May 20: Color showing on Lover’s Lane Lupines
May 20: Color showing on Lover’s Lane Lupines.
May 22: Lupine Flower Spike on Center District Road. We need some SUN so that they will start blooming.
May 18: Lupine at Pearl Lake. Beware the road is a bit rough this spring.
May 18: The Lupine Flower Spikes are growing!
May 18: The flower spikes are out
May 18: First Color Showing in our area. This means that you will probably be able to find a lupine blooming for Memorial Day, but you might have to hunt for it.
May 13: Spotted a lupine flower spike coming!
May 13: Ammonoosuc Trust Field on Sunset Hill Road has lupines coming.
May 10: Several days of rain makes for a wet lupine!
May 10: Field of Lupine enjoying the rain.
April 29: Lupine are growing.
June – July Lupines
July 23: The seed pods have split open and released their seeds.
July 23: The Lupine Pods have dried out and released their seeds. Birds and wind will scatter the seeds to new locations.
July 5: I’m still finding some lupine in the shady cooler spots in Sugar Hill.
July 5: A bit scraggly but you can find shorter lupines still blooming in the foliage of the lupines going to seed.
July 1: The seed pods are getting fatter, they will dry out and then split open to spread the seed.
June 30: In some shady locations, there are still a few lupine blooming.
June 25: A late-blooming lupine in the field.
June 24: The field on Route 117 is more seed pods than lupine blooms.
June 24: The field on Route 117 is more seed pods than lupine blooms.
June 24: If you look closely you can still find a lupine in the midst of its bloom . . . but please don’t trample a path to it!
June 22: Disappointing drive today, this particular patch was left untouched until today some man had to have a selfie with the lupines. At least it’s the end of the season so not too much damage, but so frustrating that our photos are more important than leaving an area as you found it.
June 21: You can still find blooms but you have to look for them.
June 21: The lupine bloom is past with most areas now producing seed pods.
June 21: You can still find an occasional lupine bloom.
June 19: Sugar Hill Wildflower Field with Lupine. Photo by LW
June 19: Uniquely colored Lupine in one of Sugar Hill’s patches/fields. Cross-pollination at work! Photo by LW
June 19: Grand View Road still has grand patches of Lupines.
June 19: Many of our lupine are making seed pods but there are still a few new blooms popping up here and there.
June 19: Lupines past bloom, but creating seeds pods for future lupines.
June 19 Blooms
Be Kind, let others see the beauty you saw . . . everywhere you go. The Beaches, the Mountains, the Flower Fields, The Parks, everywhere.
June 17: A mowed path down the edge of a field allowing you to photograph and view the field from different angles and get close-ups of lupines without going in field.
June 17: Today’s photo of Lupines on Route 117. Enjoy it because it won’t look as full next year due to the paths people have made walking through it.
June 17: Next year when you come and ask where the lupines are . . . remember that this is one of the reasons.
June 16: Why did YOU need to walk into the Lupines and trample the area?
June 16: The lupines on the gravel part of Center District Road are still looking great! A big thanks to everyone that has photographed them from the road to keep them looking great!
June 15: More than lupines are blooming on our back roads.
June 16: Lupine line the Center District Road
June 15: Folks were stopping and enjoying the lupine field on Route 117
June 13: Sugar Hill Lupine Photo by Artisan Quilter, Sue
June 13: Lupine blooming on Route 117, one mile past Harman’s towards Lisbon.
June 13: Lupine blooming on Route 117, one mile past Harman’s towards Lisbon.
June 12: Lupines on Grand View Road
June 12: Polly’s Pancake Parlor
June 12: The paths through the lupine on the Whipple Farm Nature Walk behind Polly’s Pancake Parlor
June 12: Lupines at the Sunset Hill Inn
June 12: There are lupines that have gone to seed.
June 11: Center District Road, Sugar Hill
June 11: Back Roads of Sugar Hill
June 11: Time to enjoy the unique colors as a lupine blooms on the back roads.
June 11: A solitary lupine with no others around it but blooming tall!
Suggested Lupine Drive. Total of 7 miles (less than one mile is gravel).
June 10 Evening Drive on Sugar Hill and Franconia back roads.
June 10: Most of Sugar Hill’s lupines are at peak now and some are starting to go to seed but as you can see behind this lupine, there’s a plant that is just starting to bloom.
June 10: Early Morning on Route 117. Beautiful today!
June 10: Early Morning on Route 117. Beautiful today!
June 10: Early Morning on Route 117. Beautiful today!
June 10: Early Morning on Route 117. Beautiful today!
June 9: Lupines on Sugar Hill Roads.
June 9: Lupine on Sugar Hill Roads. Monday was busy so I took a couple of quick shots as I traveled the back roads.
June 7: Polly’s Barn. Photo Credit: Susan Thiboult
June 7: Field on Route 117, a little less than one mile from Harman’s headed towards Lisbon.
June 7: Route 117, about one mile from Harman’s headed towards Lisbon. These lupines are lining the road and the field in the previous photo is behind them.
June 7: Close up of Lupines on Route 117 near Center District Road. Taken from road .
June 7: Lupines lining Grand View Road (they are on both sides)
June 7: Lupine field on Grand View Road
June 6: Private Field on Sunset Hill Road, taken in the rain so a bit fuzzy and dark.
June 6: Lupines across from the The Sunset Hill House on Sunset Hill Road.
June 5: Pearl Lake Lupines. Right now there aren’t a lot of lupines in the Pearl Lake Area, it’s a beautiful drive but is on gravel most of the way. I’ll check out there again in a few days to see if more lupines start to bloom.
June 5: The gravel end of Grand View Road where it intersects with Center District Road is lined with Lupines on both sides of the road.
June 4: Lupines at Polly’s Pancake Parlor. Photo credit: Deborah Aldrich
June 4: The Lupine are starting to bloom on Dyke Road.
June 4: A small patch of Lupines in a field on Pearl Lake Road. Lisbon is grading Pearl Lake Road so I would not try to go to the Lake today to see lupine as you will not be able to stop and take photos.
June 3: The Ammonoosuc Trust field on Sunset Hill Road has plenty of lupine, but they aren’t fully blooming yet.
June 3: The private field on Sunset Hill Road also has plenty of lupines but blooms are still coming. Please remember this field is private property. View from road.
June 2: The Lupine are starting to bloom at Pollys.
June 2: The field at Polly’s has lupine coming and maybe they’ll bloom for this weekend.
June 2: Using my zoom I took this photo of a smaller patch of Lupine on Route 117 that has plenty of blooms.
June 2: Lots of Lupine plants in the Route 117 field and with a few days of sun, it will have blossoms.
June 2: Lupine field on Route 117 is just now starting to bloom.
June 1: A close up of the Lovers Lane Lupines showing the pink and blue. I also took it from the road so that the lupines are there uncrushed for the next person to view.
June 1: The end of a rainy weekend. This small patch of Lupines on Lovers Lane had blooms.