Lupin tree/ Yellow Bush Lupine

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• Paul B3 Posts: 3,154

  June 2023

  Tree Lupin or Lupinus arboreus probably available at any good nursery ; seldom seen in a regular garden centre I've found .

  Blue/white and white forms are available ; one of the first plants in my garden over 30-years ago.
  

  I found it quite short lived ; a severe Winter normally finishes them .
  

  Like any other Lupin ......easy from seed .
  

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  June 2023

  I grew tree lupins from seed once but the plants only lasted about 3 years before they got really woody and bare at the base, and they didn't take kindly to being pruned fairly hard.
  

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

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• nutcutlet Posts: 27,445

  June 2023

  JennyJ said:

  I grew tree lupins from seed once but the plants only lasted about 3 years before they got really woody and bare at the base, and they didn't take kindly to being pruned fairly hard.
  

  but that pruning can give enough cuttings to start again, very easy from cuttings
  
  

  
  
  In the sticks near Peterborough

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  June 2023

  I didn't like it enough to bother with cuttings.
  

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

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