The care secret that transformed my Lupine

I'd had Lupine for about eight months with acceptable but unremarkable results. Then I started really paying attention to avoiding any fertiliser which would favour grasses over flowers and the difference over the next two months was dramatic.

wide seasonal succession from spring to autumn became much more pronounced. The plant in a wildlife pond margin planting now looks like a completely different specimen. seed setting and dispersal in late summer confirmed that I'd finally unlocked what this plant can do. rabbits and slugs targeting young seedlings has been less of a problem since I got the overall conditions right. If your Lupine is underwhelming, look at avoiding any fertiliser which would favour grasses over flowers first.