code: 667
This little gem looks exotic and tender
Family: Papilionaceae
Common name: Chamisso bush lupine
Plant Classification: Hardy shrub
Minimum Height: 30 cm
Maximum Height: 45 cm
Packet Content(approx.): 6
From a low dome of tiny, silky, silvery blue-green “lupin” leaves, arise short, stumpy spikes of blue and white flowers. This little gem looks exotic and tender, but is completely frost-hardy, but if pot grown, and starved, can win many a prize! Very few viable seeds have been collected.
Sowing advice:
These seeds have already been thoroughly cleaned and cold-stored for several months. They should be sown into a well-drained, sandy compost at any time of the year, and covered thinly with sand or grit and kept moist. Keep at between 15 and 20 degrees C. Germination usually occurs within 4 to 6 weeks although some seeds may take much longer.
