Lupine: “Gallery Yellow"

While so many of us think of lupines in pink and purple and red tones, as have I, it was a surprise to discover this pale lemon yellow one at the nursery, so I decided to give it a shot over in our fruit forest, adding to the understory and bringing a little sunshine in the form of lupine, as well as attracting butterflies and bumblebees and the like.

My husband was telling me about how he read how bumblebees get in there to pollinate them, and it's pretty funny. Check out this article which provides a play-by-play of sorts as to how they push their way in and get the job done...