RUSSELL LUPINE Perennial Pink/Red/Purple/White Fall Planting Non-GMO 50 Seeds!

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RUSSELL Lupine Perennial Hummingbirds Love 50 Seeds
Pure Seed  – Non-GMO - No Filler
Lupinus polyphyllus
Lupine Seeds - Russell Lupine
Perhaps the most commonly known and widely cultivated Lupine species, known for growing tall, lush spikes chock full of vividly colored flowers! Also known commonly as Garden Lupine, Lupinus polyphyllus is an early season perennial that may take a year after planting to offer it's stunning blooms, but will reward a gardener's patience with abundant, colorful blooms!
*Seed scarification advised for lupine seeds (Nicking or scaring seeds with hard seed coatings before planting helps the seeds absorb water. After scarification soak seeds in water overnight before planting. This will jump-start germination and get your garden growing faster.)
FAST FACTS
Name: Russell Lupine Seeds
Botanical Name:      Lupinus polyphyllus
Life Cycle:     Perennial
Light Requirement:  Full Sun, Partial Sun
Planting Season:     Spring, Fall
Plant Type:   Tall wildflower with abundant stacks of multicolored blossoms
Features:      Heirloom, Attracts Pollinators, Attracts Hummingbirds, Fragrant, Deer Resistant, Drought Tolerant, Cut Flower Garden, Easy to Grow & Maintain, Container Garden
Color: Pink, Red, Purple, Yellow, White
Blooms:        Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer
Plant Height: up to 40 inches
Plant Spacing:         12-14 inches
Planting Depth:       1/8 inch
Sowing Method:      Start Indoors, Direct Sow
Cold Stratification:   No
Hardiness Zones:    3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
Ships: Year Round
HOW TO GROW LUPINES
To get seeds started you have a number of alternatives. Maybe the best is to plant them in late winter just after the ground has thawed since the cold helps them sprout. If planted in the fall some seeds will sprout in the fall while most will come up in the spring. To get them going in late spring or summer soak them in water overnight, this will make the seeds swell up and start the growth of the seed. To start seeds from an existing plant, wait until the seed pod just turns black then pick the pod, open it up and plant the seeds before they shrink. If you wait too long the seeds will shrink as they dry out and the water treatment is necessary. If you wait too long the seed pod will open with a snap and fling the seeds all over your garden, then in the fall and the following spring you will have plants coming up in odd places.
Transplanting is said to be difficult but the sources say that small plants can be easily moved if you keep a lot of soil around the roots. This has not worked well for me, plants do best when they start growing where they were planted. I have managed to move a couple of larger, older plants successfully in late fall when the temperature hovers around freezing.
Some plants are vigorous and may get fairly large the first year while others grow slowly. One variety has been bred to bloom the first year but the regular variety will not bloom the first year, it will probably bloom the following year but this is not guaranteed by any means, plants that grow slowly won't even bloom in their second year.
The location of the plants can be important because hot dry weather will cause the flower spikes to wilt. Even if you rush water to them the flowers on the top of the flower spike will fall off prematurely. Thus giving them a little afternoon shade will often help, they are after all native to the mountains of British Columbia where they are used to cool, damp conditions. Some plants will take the heat in stride and will not wilt but then you won't know which ones these are until you see what they do. You can plant lupines on the north side of a house where they get only a little morning and evening sun and they are likely to bloom a little although sometimes a plant will not bloom at all under th
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