Today I'm joining in with Riitta for her Flower Wednesday. Do use the link to visit Riitta and to see other bloggers' posts too.
Since my last post on our garden the lupins have come into flower.
They were given to me many years ago by a friend and they come back every year.
We keep them in pots and stand them on gravel. If we didn't they would be eaten by slugs and snails very quickly.
We have to keep them well watered too especially in very hot and dry weather
It is worth caring for them though as they certainly make me smile every day when they are in bloom.
Your lupins are so pretty Rosie! Especially the combination of white & pink is very fresh. Thank you for joining in my link party - enjoy your day!
ReplyDeleteThank you riitta - I have enjoyed joing in your link party:)
DeleteI love lupins but they don't last in our strange garden. Maybe I should have a go with a pot and some gravel. :-)
ReplyDeletePots and gravel seem to be the only way we can grow them. Our garden is heavy, claggy clay and as it gets quite damp the snails and slugs love it:)
DeleteHi Rosie,
ReplyDeletefabulous photos of this wonderful flowers.
Best regards, Synnöve
Thank you Synnove glad you liked the flowers:)
DeleteThe lupins are stunning Rosie! I have never been able to grow them. I am sure they would make me smile too if they were in my garden! x
ReplyDeleteTry keeping some in a pot, they do get a bit eaten but it mostly seems to work. I love to see them in flowers borders in other gardens:)
DeleteI love lupins but I am never successful growing them because of the snails. Haven't tried putting them in pots on the gravel yet. I will give that a go :)
ReplyDeleteIt does seem to keep the slugs at bay and the snails are easily lifted off from under the rims of the pots if they manage to get across the pebbles:)
DeleteHow pretty, really like the purple and white ones. I've never grown lupins, but I think I'll go looking for some.
ReplyDeleteThe purple ones are a bit different aren't they?:)
DeleteOh, these are beautiful! So lovely in pots. You have encouraged me to try to grow them this way! x Karen
ReplyDeleteI love their tall, willowy spikes, I just wish they would grow in the flower beds but I'd rather have them in pots than have none at all:)
DeleteI love lupins. I lost all mine a couple of years ago to one of their diseases, but I hope to reintroduce them again one day.
ReplyDeleteI love lupins and we could never grow them until we ut them in pots and they just come back every year:)
DeleteBeautiful lupins - they are such lovely flowers. They never last long here (slugs and snails!!) so that is a wonderful idea of yours to grow them in pots on gravel.
ReplyDeleteIt's the only way to keep the slugs at bay and the snails are easily lifted from the pot rims each day:)
Deletep.s. I managed to get an insect house:)
They are beautiful and are doing really well! Lovely colours aren't they.
ReplyDeleteWhen we started with them there seemed to be more colours but they have now evolved into what you see in the photos. I'm convinced we had some pale blue ones when we first had them:)
DeleteYour lupins are beautiful! I have a pale yellow one, just one stem at the moment. The slugs and snails have all dried out, it has been hot and dry for almost three weeks. x
ReplyDeleteThank you, pale yellow sounds so pretty. There are still some damp areas in the garden under the trees and pots and in the woodpile so the snails congregate there. We also have a pair of thrushes who eat the slugs and snails too so not as many as in previous years:)
DeleteI really like lupins but gave up growing them years ago because they were always thick with greenfly and as I don't do spraying they had to go I'm afraid.A pity as seeing your photos reminds me how lovely they are and what pretty colours.
ReplyDeleteI spray mine with washing up liquid if they get greenfly usually an eco friendly one. After the heavy rain on Sunday we took 15 snails off the lupin pots. I love to see lupins in borders but the only way we can grow them is in pots:)
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