Lupine

Lupinus

Take a gander at our Lupine. Is this impressive or what?! Regrettably this is last years picture and the plant didn't survive the winter. However, it's put out a number of seedlings this year but they've yet to amount to anything. We'll try to salvage a few we some TLC in the hope that come back like gang busters next spring/summer and out do this plant.

Lupine cultivation is at least 2,000 years old and most likely began in Egypt or in the general Mediterranean region. The lupine is a perennial plant that grows from 10 to 16" tall with many large, full flower stalks, the distinctive palmate leaves consisting of several oval, pointed leaflets and have long stems. The stout flower stalks look woolly in bud due to the hairy calyx lobes.are considered a grain legumes, like beans, peas, lentils, etc.

NOTE: Some lupines contain a number of alkaloids such as lupine, lupanine, and sparteine, and they have been known to cause fatal poisoning in animals.