Lupins

I like big, brightly coloured plants - perennials, for preference, since I don't go for all that 'bedding plants, nemesias - tuberous begonias - surfinas, pop 'em in a planter and wait for them to die' malarkey. Something with interesting foliage and large gaudy flowers, preferably in clashing colours; a plant that grows tall and reliably comes up year after year is what I'm after - so given all that in theory I should love lupins. Hypothetically, I do. My mother had some lovely pink and purple ones in her garden just after my parents first moved into their house, and I know for a fact that it took her years and years of chipping away at that lupin's giant ...  Read the complete review

Lupins are one of my favorite garden plants but dont seem to be that popular, i havent seen anyone else with them. Lupins are very easy to grow from seed, all you need to do is loosen the soil where you intend to plent them with a small rake, scatter a couple of seeds and rake over again. You need to do this in late february. Lupins are very tall flowering plants which grow to upto 3 1/2 foot sometimes although dwarf breeds are available. Choose your place for these very wisely or you will have beautiful flowers that have fallen over. I always plant mine by the fencing so that if the begin to droop i can tie them to the fence. I dont ...  Read the complete review

Lovely lupins. lupinus Spires of graceful red, blue, yellow or white flowers thrust upwards into the sky. Lupins are an herbaceous plant belonging to the pea family. This flower is a native of the Mediterranean Lupins are a cottage garden plant that flowers during June to September I personally like the blue ones best. They are a magnificent flower a perennial but be warned the seed is poisonous if eaten. Lupins are best grown in the back of the garden as they are a tall plant some growing to 90cm tall. The spire growing upwards is covered in coloured florets. Lupins can be raised from ...  Read the complete review