Every year I have a spot that I go to and pick wild lupins. They are so beautiful for large bouquets that I can't seem to get enough of them!:) This year I tried out a large plant pot I had instead of dividing them into a lot of different vases. I am loving the effect!
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Lovely! I love lupins and your post has me wondering why I never thought to cut some and bring them in the house!
I have at least 3 colours of lupins in my gardens: pink, red, and at least one blue-purple. The red ones I planted from a package of seeds (Thompson Morgan) and the name of them is Morello Cherry. They are a nice red that fades to a more pinky colour after a while. When I planted them I think I put the seeds in the freezer for about a week and then after taking them out for a day I soaked them overnight before I planted them.
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Mine have multiplied on their own by the pods containing seeds dropping to the gtound. (easy to pull if you don't want them there, or you can carefully transplant with the dirt it's in to another spot ) When the stalks go to seed there are always missing pods, and I don't know if it's a squirrel, racoon, or what that takes them. When I save seeds I clip the stalk once flowers have faded and the pods are nice and fat. I dry them in my carport, usually in a paper bag because the pods sometimes burst open a bit when really dry. From there you can lay the pods out in a nursery bed to see what comes after winter, or crack them open and save the dry seeds for planting in spring. I think they do best after a freeze, either from winter temperatures or a short visit to the freezer in a baggie.
Enjoy your lupins! Here are only 2 pictures of some in bloom in my garden.
About how long after they are in full bloom do the seed pods form?
Great idea, I am going to head back there for sure!
WOW!!!They are beautiful.