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Lupin 'Gallery Blue Shades'
- Loved by Pollinators
- Scented
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
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A rare and unusual lupin with pea-like flowers combining an upper standard with lower petals fused into a keel
- Loved by Pollinators
- Scented
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
Product details
- Type
- Perennial
- Position
- Border (Middle)
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- June - July
- Height
- 90cm (36in)
- Common name
- Lupin
- Moisture
- Moist but Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Spread
- 60cm (24in)
- Cultivation
- Dig a planting hole in well-drained soil. Sprinkle mycorrhizal fungi (Rootgrow) into the base of the planting hole and water well after planting. Plant and firm in place. Water in well and protect from slugs and snails.
Care Tips
Pick the flower spikes to encourage sideshoots and a longer flowering season. Stake in spring. Watch out for aphids between April and September, rub them off by hand or with a blast of water, badly infested flower spikes can be removed.
Flowering Time
June - July