Lupine

Lupine (Lupinus) - Beautiful annuals, biennials, and perennials, chiefly from N. America. The species in cultivation are few, though the names occurring in catalogues are numerous.

Annual Lupines are among the best of hardy annuals, varied in color, and of the simplest culture. As they grow quickly, they need not be sown till about the middle of April. They thrive in any common soil. L. subcarnosus is a beautiful ultramarine blue, and should always be grown. L. hybridus atrococcineus is the finest of all, having long and graceful spikes of flowers of a bright crimson-scarlet, with white tips. Other excellent sorts are mutabilis, Cruikshanki, Menziesi, luteus, superbus, pubescens, Hartwegi, and the varieties of Dunnetti. Many other sorts are so much alike that they are not worth separating. The smaller annual Lupines are very pretty, and could be charmingly used to precede late-blooming and taller plants.

Lupinus L. - lupine

Lupinus albicaulis Dougl. ex Hook. - sicklekeel lupine

Tree Lupine (Lupinus Arboreus) - A precious plant for dry soils and rough rocky banks or slopes, the scent of a single bush reminding one of a field of Beans. Its purplish variety is good, though not nearly so valuable, and there are some inferior yellowish varieties. The best variety is the yellow, because while there are good blue perennial Lupines, there is no other good yellow. It forms a roundish bush, 5 to 7 feet high, and is easily raised from seed; handsome forms are increased from cuttings. As a wall plant it is excellent. It may be killed in severe winters, but is worth raising from time to time where the soil suits it. Mr T. Smith, of Newry, has raised many good forms of this.

Lupinus Nootkatensis - A dwarfer species, and has large spikes of blue and white blossoms. It flowers earlier than L. polyphyllus, and continues in bloom for a long time, but it is not a good perennial, and requires to be frequently raised from seeds. N.W. America.

Lupinus Olyphyllus - One of the handsomest hardy plants, 3 to 6 feet high, with tall flower-spikes crowded with blossoms, varying from blue and purple to reddish-purple and white; in summer thriving in open positions in any kind of garden soil. It is a fine plant for naturalising, as it holds its own against stout weeds. The principal varieties are argenteus, flexuosus, laxiflorus, Lachmanni, rivularis, and grandiflorus. N. America. Seeds.

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