- First year flowering, compact plants
- Beautiful bold colours for early summer borders.
What you need to know:
- 1 x Mr Fothergills Lupin Festival Mixed Seeds
- Sow: January to July
- Flowering: May to July
- Indoors Sowing Guide: Sow indoors to flower the same year, 0.5cm (1/4") deep, in a tray of compost. A temperature of 15-20oC (60-68oF) is ideal. Keep moist. Seedlings usually appear In 21-42 days. Transplant individually when large enough to handle to 8cm (3") pots. (Always handle by a leaf, never by the stem.) Gradually accustom young plants to outside conditions before planting out 60cm (2') apart, when frosts are over.
- Outdoors Sowing Guide: Sow outdoors to flower the following year, in a seed bed, 0.5cm (1/4") deep, into finely prepared soil, which has already been watered. Thin seedlings to 5cm (2") apart before planting out to flowering position in autumn, spacing 60cm (2') apart.
- Soil Type: Well drained, fertile
- Position: Part shade
- Hints & Tips: Early indoor sowings flower the same year, usually between August and September. In subsequent years plants flowers from May and July.
- Approximate Maximum Height: 60cm
- Approximate Maximum Spread: 60cm
- Flower Colour: Mixed
- Hardiness & Longevity: Hardy Perennial
- Pack Size: 30 Seeds
- Caution: Harmful if Eaten