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Lupin Legendary 'Shades of Blue'

Towers of sweet summer blue

Grown by Jack

Hereford

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Lupin Legendary 'Shades of Blue' Perennial Bedding
Lupin Legendary 'Shades of Blue' Perennial Bedding
Lupin Legendary 'Shades of Blue' Perennial Bedding
Lupin Legendary 'Shades of Blue' Perennial Bedding

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The highlights

  • Happy in full sun to partial shade
  • Perfect to create interest at the back of borders
  • Flowers May to July
  • Essential cottage garden plant

Description

  • Stunning Blue and violet tones on towering flower spikes
  • Create a Cottage Garden aesthetic
  • Towers 90cm tall–perfect for the back of borders and beds
  • A real bee's favourite!
  • Buy a mature plant ready to shoot up!

What To Expect

Supplied as:

Garden Ready Plant in a 1L Pot
Premium Plant in 3L Pot
3L Pot
1L Pot

Height on arrival:

10-30cm
Depending on the time of year, when your plant arrives it should be up to 10-30cm tall
10-50cm

Eventual height:

90cm

Eventual spread:

30-50cm
30-50cm
30-50cm
30-50cm

Time to first crop:

Flower colour:

Indigo Blue, Violet Purple
Indigo Blue, Violet Purple
Indigo Blue, Violet Purple
Indigo Blue, Violet Purple

Habit:

Upright
Upright
Upright
Upright

Hardiness:

Fully Hardy
Will endure even the harshest of British winters.
Fully Hardy
Will endure even the harshest of British winters.
Fully Hardy
Will endure even the harshest of British winters.
Fully Hardy
Will endure even the harshest of British winters.

Rootstock:

Spacing:

50cm

How To Grow

Average Pest and Disease Resistance

Lupins can have issues with anthracnose, slugs and snails, as well as aphids. Anthracnose is a fungal disease that presents itself as a brown die-back of leaves and stems as well as possible orange slime-like spores in built up areas. To For Slugs and Snails, it is important to keep the area around the plant debris free and as dry as possible, especially at night as slugs and snails love damp conditions. You can use barriers such as egg shells or copper wire to surround the plant to prevent slugs and snails reaching the leaves. It is also a good idea to spray your plant with water which has boiled some garlic in it for around 2 hours. For more serious slug and snail control you can also use specific nematodes that will find the pests and cause them to die. To combat aphids you can pick away the bugs with your hands and also wash the infested areas down with soapy water.MORE

Water Lightly

Water in when planting. Lupins have long roots and should cope fine once established in all but only long periods of extended drought. If the plant looks distressed whilst the ground is dry, water lightly and check up on it the next day.

Full Sun to Partial Shade

Plant somewhere the plant will receive at least 4-6 hours of sunlight every day.

Well-Drained Soil

Lupins can cope in soils which are fairly nutrient poor. However, the soil must drain well as Lupins can do not like waterlogged conditions which can cause rot. If your soil is particularly clay-heavy then make sure you mix in plenty of organic matter such as compost as well as a couple of handfuls of grit to further improve drainage.

Not required

No need to feed

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Hereford

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Perennials born in Herefordshire, blooming in your garden

Our perennials start life in the rolling Herefordshire hills, where Jack and his team trial over 250 new varieties each year to bring you the best performing and most sustainable plants in the UK. With over forty years of excellence, it’s no surprise that they’ve won the HTA Plant Grower of the Year award two years running.

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We deliver to anywhere in Mainland UK for our standard delivery cost. We are able to deliver most plants to Highlands and non UK mainland however this will be at an additional cost. This will be calculated at the checkout. Please note, deliveries to these locations will take longer. Unfortunately, we are not able to deliver to Northern Ireland at present.

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