Lupinus 'Masterpiece' (Westcountry Series)
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Loved by Pollinators
- Scented
Lupins’ architectural flower spikes and their degree of colour saturation would be enough reason to grow them at any time of the year, but the fact that they flower reliably in the May/June gap, carrying the colour baton from the last of the tulips to the main flood of summer perennials, should shoot them straight up any priority list
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Loved by Pollinators
- Scented
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