Re: lupine seeding
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: lupine seeding
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 22:30:09 EDT
In a message dated 6/7/00 2:33:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Blee811@aol.com
writes:
<< Oh, I can't do that, Claire. The two plants I have are acting like
perennials. Interesting, though, that you say to plant the seeds where the
mother plant was. There are I've heard some hints that seeds grow better
right next to the mother plant before. One of our amateur American daffodil
hybridizers swears by it. >>
Sure you can, the older lupines become woody at the base. They are legumes
if you are familiar with veggy gardening. Therefore you can speed things
along by soaking the seed overnight or nicking the seed with a nailfile. The
plants (also foxglove) are not healthy in age, becoming less floriferous and
carrying many dead stems and leaves. Often there is just a small new part of
the plant not worth keeping.
I did not make myself clear on the part about seeding near the mother plant.
I do that because my overloaded head cannot remember where the seeds are and
I might cultivate them to oblivion. If planted where the original plant was,
I will look for seedlings in the same place. I also put some seeds into the
coldframe (zone 4 needs coldframes) and they come up when they like. Lupines
are easy to ID as seedlings. Foxgloves do like like weeds upon emerging.
From reading today's posts, it is clear lupines do better in cooler zones.
Claire Peplowski
E Nassau, NY z4
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