In Northern California, the Audubon Society suggests planting species such as California figwort, scarlet monkey flower and white-leaf bush lupine to attract hummingbirds.

Thanks to Southern California’s wet winter, the Santa Monica Mountains are alive with luminous purple phacelia and bright blue lupine flowers. But amid the joyful eruption of native wildflowers ...

“Over 500 species of bees reside in the small boundary of Pinnacles National Park.” Spring visitors are treated to vibrant blossoms in nearly every color of the rainbow.

In a rare photo, a Franklin’s bumblebee collects pollen from a lupine on Mt. Ashland, in southern Oregon, in 2000. Found only around the Oregon-California border, the species has one of the ...

Lupine Characteristics Lupine plants grow up to 4 feet tall, with a spread of up to 3 feet, and they’re characterized by their small flowers aligned on tall, erect spires. Lupine bloom time ...