Lupinus 'Gallery Blue'
Lupin 'Gallery Blue'
Beautiful spikes of abundant sweet pea type flowers provide some of the brightest colours to be seen in an early-summer garden. They come in many different striking colours as well as pastel shades. The foliage is palm shaped and can be in various shade of green. 'Gallery Blue' is a compact variety which can produce up to ten flower spikes. If cut back as the flowers fade more blooms will appear in late summer.
Contributed by @crestiesneuk
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Full sun to partial shade
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Very little water
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Lupin 'Gallery Blue'
Latin name
Lupinus 'Gallery Blue'
type
Annual
family
Fabaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.6 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.40 M
0.50 M
Lupinus 'Gallery Blue'
Beautiful spikes of abundant sweet pea type flowers provide some of the brightest colours to be seen in an early-summer garden. They come in many different striking colours as well as pastel shades. The foliage is palm shaped and can be in various shade of green. 'Gallery Blue' is a compact variety which can produce up to ten flower spikes. If cut back as the flowers fade more blooms will appear in late summer.
Flowering Season
From Late Spring TO Late Summer
Lupins flowers come in many different striking colours as well as pastel shades.
Propagation by seed
From Early Autumn TO Mid Autumn
Sow seed in trays to be planted out in autumn, however lupins grown from seed will not be true to type.
Propagation by cuttings
From Early Spring TO Early Summer
Take soft wood cuttings in spring to early summer. Cleanly cut up to a 10 cm long stems, remove lower leaves and pinch the tip out, dip the stem into rooting hormone, fill a container/pot with suitable compost, make holes around the edge of it and plant the cuttings, water in well, cover with a polythene bag and place somewhere warm, lake the bag off twice a week to air the cuttings. Keep the cuttings moist until well rooted. Harden off when well rooted and pot on into individual pots increasing the airing to let the leaves to develop. Remove rotten, dying or dead cuttings regularly.
Planting Outdoors Spring
From Mid Spring TO Late Spring
Plant out container grown plants in boarders in full sun when risk of frost is passed.
Propagation by seed Spring
From Mid Spring TO Late Spring
Sow seed into flowering position in spring, however lupins grown from seed will not be true to type.
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