Lupin middle stem broken. Will it survive and flower this year ?

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• Bluebelltime Posts: 196

  May 2021

  I bought this online but the plant got damaged in the delivery. Any hope for this lupin ?

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• Busy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043

  May 2021

  It may do a side shoot but I would ask for a replacement.

  Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.

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• Posy Posts: 3,601

  May 2021

  I agree. An established plant will recover but a tiny one like that probably won't.

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  May 2021

  I agree too. Send them a picture of how it arrived and ask for a replacement (or refund if they've sold out). But keep the original one. It might not flower this year but it should be fine next year.
  

  Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  

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• Lyn Posts: 23,190

  May 2021

  The plant won’t die, I never let mine flower in the first year anyway, best to take the first flowering stems off so the plant can build up a good root system before it’s planted out. 

  Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 
  
  

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• Bluebelltime Posts: 196

  May 2021

  I've requested a replacement. Thank you all 

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  May 2021

  TBH when I've grown lupins from seed most of them haven't flowered until year 2 in any case, but I still wouldn't expect one that I'd paid good money for to arrive with its growing point snapped off like that.
  

  Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  

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