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Tuesday 9 June 2020

Lupin Love

Hello my lovelies!

And have I got some lovelies for you today.
Lupin lovelies.
I do love the majesty that lupins bring to a garden.
I love the architectural variation they bring to a flower bed, their proud spikes a contrast to the round blousiness of most garden flowers.   They seem to wake up a garden’s plantings.
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Over the years the lupin has not been a successful plant in the Pout Garden.  I’ve no idea why.
I eventually gave up on them.
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My lupin love was resurrected when I saw some in a nearby garden some weeks ago.  Though on reflection, these may be delphiniums!  I’m not muc of a gardener.

But I see them as lupins and as I made my way home they lurked around in my head ... Oh how I wanted to have one final go at growing these lovelies.  Is early summer too late to plant them, I wondered.



The universe must have heard my cry. .
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Last week these two beauts popped up in one of my borders.


And yesterday a few more flower heads popped up. 


 Turns out I must have had another go at growing lupins maybe a few years ago and had forgotten that I planted them (it’s an aging thing!).

So my tip for growing lupins is to plant them in your dotage.  Simply  plant and forget.
No special care needed, no need to fret about them, just leave lupins to their own devices.
They’ll pop up in their own time.


Are you a lupin fan?
Are you lucky with lupins?


A la perchoine,
Mary x.

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#lupinlove #lupins

8 comments:

  1. They seem to be doing really well this year. We have been seeing them popping up in places we haven't noticed them before. Weather conditions perhaps?

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    1. Oh that's probably why it hasn't bloomed before then, and why I forgot about it. Thanks, Jay.
      Hugs, x.

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  2. How lovely they look! I love lupins and have several in the garden including one called 'Bill Mackintosh' that has a variety of colours on the one plant. I bought the lupins from a local nursery - order on the phone and collect order ready made up at the gate. This was before the garden centres could open.

    I didn't know they come back but as we plant everything in pots we usually end up reusing the pots. I'll try to write on the pots now to jog my memory!
    xxx

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    1. That variety sounds amazing, Vronni. Yes this one must have been kicking around dormant for a few years and tadaah, up it pops , so yes definitely to marking up your pot so you don't chuck it out. The foliage is pretton on its own too.o
      Hugs, x.

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  3. My lupin story is very similar to yours! For years I tried growing them but they would be destroyed by slugs and aphids. This year I had another go with just one plant in the border, and, success! I will definitely have more next year. I don't seem to have many slugs and snails in the garden now and put it down to the number of birds we have on the feeders.

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    1. That's interesting to hear that you've been on the same journey, Gail. And I think you're right, slugs usually eat my hostas and all in my garden are currently thriving, though they did attack some chilli plants earlier in the season.
      Hugs, x.
      Hugs, x.

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  4. They look lovely, Mary. Congratulations! Must be the dry spring we've had. Plants in my garden have thrived like never before this spring. Who knows what other surprises your garden has in store this summer? xox

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    1. Yes Dutchie, gardens can be full of surprises! Let's hope these don't get so big they pull down my drainpipe!
      Hugs, x.

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