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HELP! My lupin seems to be dying!

tombradbury22tombradbury22 Posts: 4
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Can someone help me with my lupins please. Its their first season and started really well. As the plant has got bigger its dropped over and there seems to be white furry stuff at the bottom of the plant and it looks like it's dying :( 
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  • tombradbury22tombradbury22 Posts: 4

  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    Well that is what lupins do - they grow, they flower and then they set seed - which is the furry bits you are seeing. If you cut the flower spike off right at the base you may get a second flush. But otherwise, that's it until this time next year. 
    'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
  • tombradbury22tombradbury22 Posts: 4
    Oh really? I'm new to gardening lol. It's only been flowering for about a week though? 
  • jaffacakesjaffacakes Posts: 434
    I think i see other flower spikes in the first photo. Cut this flower spike off and they might flower also.
  • tombradbury22tombradbury22 Posts: 4
    Yes jaffa cakes, there is other spikes coming through
  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    Lupins don't have a long flowering season - a few weeks at the most. 
    'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    hogweed said:
    Lupins don't have a long flowering season - a few weeks at the most. 
    Except one of mine that was still blooming at Christmas! 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It may have still been blooming @Lyn ... but surely it wasn’t the same flower spike?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Oh no, just kept blooming, not the same spike, as @philippa smith2 could confirm.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Dirty HarryDirty Harry Posts: 1,048
    hogweed said:
    Lupins don't have a long flowering season - a few weeks at the most. 
    Not in my experience.
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