HELP! My lupin seems to be dying!

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• Lyn Posts: 23,190

  July 2019

  Mine have been flowering for ages, one of the first to come out in the spring and still going. 

  Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 
  
  

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• capvid25 Posts: 16

  July 2019 edited July 2019

  Where do I cut down to when deadheading Lupins? Should I cut at the base of the flower or take it right down to the bottom of the stem?

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  July 2019

  I cut down to the first decent sized leaf below the seedhead as sometimes this stimulates some more (smaller) flower heads. 

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

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• capvid25 Posts: 16

  July 2019

  Ok thanks for your help. I'll give it a go soon as mine are starting to look a bit shabby.

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