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Bigleaf Lupine, Common Lupine , Blue-pod Lupine, Blue Bonnet, Large-leaved Lupine, Big-leaved Lupine, Garden Lupine, Meadow Lupine, Bog Lupine, Lupin Lupinus polyphyllus
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Detailed Listing For
Botanical Name:
Lupinus polyphyllus
Common Name:
Bigleaf Lupine, Common Lupine , Blue-pod Lupine, Blue Bonnet, Large-leaved Lupine, Big-leaved Lupine, Garden Lupine, Meadow Lupine, Bog Lupine, Lupin
Germination Test Type:
Cut
Collection Locale:
Hungary
Minimum Hardiness Zone:
4
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In Stock: 2.61 lb
Prices
Sample Bulk Pricing
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More Details Information
Characteristics
Shade Tolerant
Cut Flower
Herbaceous
Wild Flower
Garden Flower
Poisonous
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Growing Info:
Scarification:
Soak in hot tap water, let stand in water for 24 hours or roughen or scrape the hard seed coat prior to sowing
Stratification:
none required
Germination:
sow seed up to 1/4 deep , tamp the soil, maintain an even moisture. Temp. for good germination - 68 - 70 degrees F.
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Comments:
Perennial with characteristic palmate leaves. Each leaf has 6 to 9 narrow leaflets. The flowers, blue to blue violet, pea like and produced at the end of branches. Seeds are produced in pea like pods. Blooms, 6 to 18 inches long, late spring to early summer. Grown in gardens, fields and roadsides. pH 6 to 8.
Physical Characteristics
: PERENNIAL growing to 1.5 m (5ft). It is hardy to zone 3. It is in flower from Jul to August, and the seeds ripen from Jul to October. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees.It can fix Nitrogen. The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, requires well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil.The plant prefers acid and neutral soils. and can grow in very acid soils. It cannot grow in the shade.It requires moist soil and can tolerate drought.The plant can tolerates strong winds but not maritime exposure.
Lupinus polyphyllus ( Large-leaved Lupine , Big-leaved Lupine , or, primarily in cultivation, Garden Lupin ) is a species of lupine (lupin) native to western North America from southern Alaska and British Columbia east to Alberta and western Wyoming , and south to Utah and California . It commonly grows along streams and creeks, preferring moist habitats.
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