Re: Lupines in the midwest

At 09:01 AM 06/07/00 -0500, Pat wrote:
>What is it with us Dean?  Could it just be Wisconsin and Michigan soil? 
>For the last 20 years I have tried hard, very hard, not so hard, but
>tried anyway to grow lupines and have failed miserably every time.
>
>I've tried form seed, seedlings, full blown plants . . .every variation
>there is . . .NOTHING!  I currently have one dying an agonizing death in
>my backyard.  It was lovely when I bought it, and the plant I planted
>near it on the same day is doing fine.  The lupines are just not my
>plant, I guess.  I sure wish they were - I love 'em!

I haven't had any luck getting lupins to survive more that one summer
either. I do, however, have a theory as to why.  

Anything I've read says that lupins don't like water logged soil. I think
what is happening is that when the snow melts in the spring, they rot. If I
plant them in an area that doesn't get much snow cover, they die over the
winter.  

I can't win!

Leslie
zone 3, southern Manitoba

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