Horticulture - Lupines

Tips, Tricks

1. what do you mean over winter ?  do you bring them in during winter or  leave them in ground
2. Thanks for the help.  Mine germinated this week.
3. my lupins bloom from seed in there first year! alway have done! seaweed and and high potash once a week and they'll be very happy, mines are taking over but in a spot that's ok to do so I just love lupinus
4. Thank you very helpful.  I just put some seed straight in the ground and two plants came up.  I live in zone 5a.  
5. you can transplant and divide them i got one and split it in two both lived and bloomed
6. So they like acidic soils splash a little urine on them if there acid loving plants make sure the urine is a little watered down,much like Azeleas,Camilias and Rhododendrens.
7. that's bullshit you can dig the plants up and divide the roots
8. You might want to view the newer video Lupines HD.mp4
9. Should be OK they grow wild in several southern states. I'm zone 3-4 here in the Catskills
10. Do you recommend lupines in Zone 5a? 
11. EXCELLENT instructional video!
12. Your able to dig up the plant and move. Dig well around the plant and lift it out. Take that "bulb" and lay on a flat surface and hose it down as your are separating it. Place the separations in soil immediately and water well. If you are gentle when separating. Most of the plant will live. I did it without knowing about people saying you couldn't. I was nearly 100% successful.
13. $&^% Liz
14. @Swammich Cannot be dug and transplanted. In pots they have no tap root and can be planted. This I do not consider to be "transplanting".
15. thats great to hear. I always get a kick out of things growing whether from seed or any other form of propagation even after all the years that I have been doing it
16. I stuck 18 cuttings as you suggested 2009.05 and all 18 survived. Tnx for the heads up.
17. Look at those bicolors, I'm jealous.
18. I am going to add to this video instructions on how to propagate Lupins from cuttings.
19. This is the only helpful video on the web that educates viewers on how to actually grow lupines in their own back yard. I wish you would add another one!
20. I started mine in a bag and plan on planting them soon. They are still just seedlings.