Re: lupines

Claire --

I'm currently growing lupines as annuals, so I'd be delighted to see them survive
to a second year!   You may be onto something in that I should attempt to grow
them from seeds  rather than by purchasing small plants.   Plants grown from seed
in-place might have a better survival rate.  On the other hand, I have half a
mind to go to English Gardens and buy a full-grown one in a 2-gallon pot.  Would
be worth the $20 just to say I had lupines blooming in my garden!  ;-)

Dean Sliger
Warren, Michigan, USA
Zone 6B


ECPep@aol.com wrote:

> Dean, have you considered growing lupines as biennials.  I read that advice
> in one of the first Christopher Lloyd books and it is the way to go.  Grow
> them from seed in a row (he casually says - spare plot) and try to get a
> large healthy plant by fall.  In the fall move them to the garden where they
> flower the next year.
>
> Lupines do not live in a healthy blooming state for many years even if
> wintered over.  The best blooming hybrid lupines are young plants.
>
> Claire Peplowski
> E Nassau, NY z4
>
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