Specialty Gardening: Lupines. I just had to add them to my garden. , 0 by newyorkrita

newyorkrita wrote:
Your plants are small. I did buy small plants mail order last year from American Meadows and planted them between my lily plants off to the side. They all died, many before the end of the summer but none overwintered. They didn't even think about putting up bloom stalks.

On the other hand I also bought small plants from Bluestone Perennials, planted them in another garden and they thrived. But too small to think about blooming last year. They all came up this spring and at least one bloom stalk now, which is the second year.