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Should I deadhead lupines?
Hi,
I have planted lupines (improved Russell hybrid) for the first time this year - Zone 6 - Southern Connecticut. The mature plant I bought at a local nursery is flowering beautifully - the first spike is now fading (from the bottom up) and the second spike is beginning to open. My question..should I remove the fading spike or let it go? If I remove it - will it produce more flowers or is there only one or two flowers per plant no matter what? Also..what happens to the foliage after flowering..do they frizzle up or will the foliage remain green and lush till frost? I also planted 30 lupine seeds in peat pellets in mid march and 25 of the 30 germinated and I have 25 very healthy, happy baby lupines I have planted around the yard and given away to friends. I don't expect that they will flower though till next year..is that correct? Diane Krny |
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Should I deadhead lupines?
If you want seeds leave them alone. Otherwise remove the old flower stems.
What follows after flowers? Fruit do. That's basic botany, you silly goose. If you keep the plants well watered, the leaves will persist. Do you have well water? Seeds planted this year will flower next year, at the earliest. Krnysgirl wrote in message om... Hi, I have planted lupines (improved Russell hybrid) for the first time this year - Zone 6 - Southern Connecticut. The mature plant I bought at a local nursery is flowering beautifully - the first spike is now fading (from the bottom up) and the second spike is beginning to open. My question..should I remove the fading spike or let it go? If I remove it - will it produce more flowers or is there only one or two flowers per plant no matter what? Also..what happens to the foliage after flowering..do they frizzle up or will the foliage remain green and lush till frost? I also planted 30 lupine seeds in peat pellets in mid march and 25 of the 30 germinated and I have 25 very healthy, happy baby lupines I have planted around the yard and given away to friends. I don't expect that they will flower though till next year..is that correct? Diane Krny |
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Should I deadhead lupines?
On Thu, 05 Jun 2003 11:31:38 -0400, Krnysgirl wrote:
Hi, I have planted lupines (improved Russell hybrid) for the first time this year - Zone 6 - Southern Connecticut. The mature plant I bought at a local nursery is flowering beautifully - the first spike is now fading (from the bottom up) and the second spike is beginning to open. My question..should I remove the fading spike or let it go? If I remove it - will it produce more flowers or is there only one or two flowers per plant no matter what? You can remove it. I usually do. Mine are starting to poop out now, the flowers are about 2 feet long and typically flop over and bend in half. I clip those bent ones off. I have the purple/white one's. That patch started out as 1 plant that took up about one foot of psace and now 3-4 years later it spred to an almost 3 foot patch with about 6-8 flowers that get to be 2 feet long! Also..what happens to the foliage after flowering..do they frizzle up or will the foliage remain green and lush till frost? They will remain green for awhile. I also planted 30 lupine seeds in peat pellets in mid march and 25 of the 30 germinated and I have 25 very healthy, happy baby lupines I have planted around the yard and given away to friends. I don't expect that they will flower though till next year..is that correct? Yup! Diane Krny |
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Should I deadhead lupines?
Mine are in full bloom now (purple and blue varieties that I grew from the
seeds given to me by a friend). This is my first time growing these as well, so I thank you for your question. I'm going to deadhead very soon. I've been lucky so far - no aphids OR mildew. Our weather has been dry with low humidity, so that's probably helping. Unfortunately, I never expected ALL the seeds to sprout, and ALL the sprouts to live, so I never thinned. I have a little lupine forest about 6 X 8 feet with 20 plants or so crammed together - plants 3 -4 feet tall with blooms rising another 1 1/2 feet about that. I understand they don't transplant well, but I'm going to have to try late in the fall or early in the spring. Fortunately, they are from the legume family, so they are enriching the soil with nitrogen (at least I hope they are). |
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Should I deadhead lupines?
I understand they don't
transplant well, but I'm going to have to try late in the fall or early in the spring. A friend gave me one from her garden 2yrs. ago. She lives 200 miles away. It transplanted just fine. It's in full bloom right now, purple & pink. Sue in Mi. Zone 5 |
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