2015년 12월 9일 퀸스타운 주변에 만발하기 시작하는 루핀 플라워(Lupin Flower).

2015년 12월 9일 퀸스타운 주변에 만발하기 시작하는 루핀 플라워(Lupin Flower).

Growing Lupine(루핀 플라워 키우기).

Tips for raising natural, water-wise lupine from seeds and cuttings.

 

A favorite spring-time activity, growing lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus) provides flower gardeners with a wide and brilliant array of colors. Plants have stiff, erect flower spikes of 1-4 feet that emerge from horizontal foliage. Flowers are similar to those of peas or sweet peas and grow in large, crowded racemes of deep blue, purple, yellow, pink or white. Found growing wild throughout most of the northern United States. Short-lived perennial.

Site Preparation:

Easy to grow, lupine thrives in cool, moist locations. It prefers full sun to light shade and average soils, but will tolerate sandy, dry soil. Plants develop long taproots, so loosen the soil to a depth of 12-20 inches using a roto-tiller or garden fork. They will not grow in clay.

Tip: For dramatic results, mass lupines in borders or scatter them throughout the cottage garden (see Flower Gardening 101).

How to Plant:

Lupine can be grown from seeds, cuttings or divisions. If growing from seed, germination is greatly increased by a 7-day cold treatment (see Seed Stratification). Place seeds and slightly damp paper towels in a Ziploc bag and store in the refrigerator. Another method would be to chip seed or soak in warm water for a 24 hour period. Treated seeds can be directly sown into a seedbed in spring or summer until August 1st. Untreated seeds can be sown outdoors September-November.

Plants grown from seed will bloom their first year. Pinch-off spent flowers to prolong the blooming period. Apply an organic fertilizer once per month to promote healthy plants and large blooms.

To grow from cuttings, take a stem down to the trunk, including a bit of its “footprint” connection to the trunk. Set in moist, very well-drained, gritty sand or other propagation medium. Keep covered during the propagation period except for several minutes each day to air and and allow the plant to adjust.

Tip: Start cuttings in larger pots that can be transplanted into the outdoors, pot and all, so as not to disturb the roots.

 

밀부룩 리조트(Millbrook Resort).

 

 

 

밀부룩 리조트 12번홀 앞에 피어나 있는

아름다운 루핀 플라워.

 

 

 

 

(와나카).

와나카 호수주변을 배경삼아 피어나 있는

야생 루핀 플라워들.