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Re: Poisonous Purple Flowers - Poodle Brush
« Reply #20 on: Apr 26, 13, 04:49:33 PM »
Yardbird...no those are the ones.  I saw them also up off the Sierra exit off the 210 east.  low flowery groundcover...I'll try to take a pic when I go to Costco or thereabouts. 

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Re: Poisonous Purple Flowers - Poodle Brush
« Reply #21 on: Apr 26, 13, 05:04:28 PM »
I could easily be wrong here because I haven't driven the 210 in a a good while. But, I remember when they first planted it and there was a lot of lupine on those slopes. You can grow it easily from seed.. but the squirrels and the rabbits really like it. cheryl o7o

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Re: Poisonous Purple Flowers - Poodle Brush
« Reply #22 on: Apr 26, 13, 09:56:38 PM »
Yardbird...no those are the ones.  I saw them also up off the Sierra exit off the 210 east.  low flowery groundcover...I'll try to take a pic when I go to Costco or thereabouts. 

I'm confused.... (it's nothing out of the ordinary) 
Is that a yes or a no?  Are they the Grecians?
One of these days I'm going to try to talk makgirl into showing me how to post pictures!

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Re: Poisonous Purple Flowers - Poodle Brush
« Reply #23 on: Apr 29, 13, 11:04:20 AM »
OOPS.  My bad.  I meant No are NOT the ones.  Wow...i'm sorry for the confusion! 

Cheryl, they aren't lupine.  From the photos, lupine grow tall.  This groundcover is on the low side.  2-4 ft bushes. 

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Re: Poisonous Purple Flowers - Poodle Brush
« Reply #24 on: Apr 29, 13, 02:37:47 PM »
Okay dokey... but, I'm telln' ya when they first planted those slopes along the 210 .. it was lupine.  And, it comes in multiple colors. But, maybe that died and they planted something else. I'm guessing they figured out that lupine roots wouldn't keep those slopes from washing down a sea of mud on the freeway. But, it sure did look pretty and I drove it every weekend.

So, I guess we have no photo to look at? A bush that grows 2-4 feet would likely have roots that protect the hillsides there a bit. I didn't know that lupine got tall.. my rabbits ate it every dang time I had it coming up. We'll figure it out. Are you sure they aren't oleandars? I remember when what used to be the center divider of the 10 was all oleandars for miles and miles and it was just two lanes in each direction. best, cheryl o7o

 

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