2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
If you did not manage to plant flowers in your garden earlier, but really want to decorate your plot with a flower garden, you still have such an opportunity - sow lupine. It works great both when sowing in May and when sowing in June. And given the current weather conditions, it might even be better if someone was late with the crops. This year, June is more likely to have May weather. And even if the lupine sown now will not bloom at the end of summer, it is quite possible that it will have time to please with flowering in September, and then also early next year
The riddle of the color of lupine petals
Those who think that lupine is a boring plant are mistaken. Recently, many new hybrids have appeared with a wide variety of flower colors - not only purple and blue, but also yellow, crimson, pink, red, two-color.
But do not be surprised if once sowing lupine of the same color and collecting seeds from it for reproduction, after a few years you will find bushes with purple and blue or white buds on your site. Hybrids are likely to degenerate over time, degrade varietal traits, and return to more natural flowers.
Where to sow lupine
Lupine is a tall plant, so keep this in mind when choosing a location for it. In a flowerbed, it is better to place it in the background or in the center, surrounded by low-growing neighbors.
Perennial grows well along fences, near buildings. But only if it is not shaded by high walls. Open sunny areas are more suitable for this flower.
Slightly acidic and neutral soils are best suited for growing a flower. It is useful to sow lupine on clay soils - its strong roots break the soil, so that the water does not stagnate in the area.
Reproduction and care of lupine
Lupine is a perennial plant. But unlike its relatives, reproduction through seedlings, transplanting and dividing the bush for rejuvenation is not suitable for him. It is better to sow lupine directly into open ground. And do this not in nurseries or nurseries, but in a permanent place. Because the flower does not tolerate a transplant.
And care should also be taken in caring for him. Because he will not like loosening the soil and other similar manipulations with the soil. Those growers who complain about the capriciousness of lupine and who want to improve their plantings make a huge mistake when they begin to loosen the ground, weed weeds, and huddle bushes. Lupine is not afraid of competitors. He's a kind of weed himself. But unlike others, it is useful. Because it is a green manure and heals the soil with its presence. Therefore, the best thing you can do for your lupine flower bed is to sow it and disturb the soil less.
If it turned out that the seedlings were sown or the plant needs to be transplanted, then the optimal time for this is the second or third real leaf. And after transplanting, hide the seedlings under some kind of shelter - under a cap from a can or a plastic bottle, under pots.
However, lupine will not refuse feeding and watering. Fertilizers are applied in the second year after sowing in the spring. A complex mineral fertilizer is used. It is better not to use nitrogen and manure. Otherwise, you will get a gorgeous bush, but you can not wait for flowering.
About the benefits of lupine
In addition to improving the structure and composition of the soil, lupine has other benefits. First of all, it is a honey plant, and it attracts pollinator insects. In addition, lupine leaves are rich in nitrogen. And they can be used to make natural green fertilizer. And after preparing the green infusion, the leaves should also not be thrown away. They can be used as mulch in the vegetable garden and in the greenhouse.
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