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Description

Capture the spirit of an English summer in your garden with 'Russell Hybrid' Lupins. A spectacular mix of bold colours and towering flower spikes that transform borders from late spring through midsummer.

Each plant sends up tall, upright stems packed tightly with pea-like blooms in a range of shades. Set above rich green foliage, the effect is simply magical.

Hardy and reliable, these lupins are remarkably easy to grow. Once established, they return year after year, flowering more abundantly with each performance. They don't just provide colour, they add height, structure, and definition to your borders, making them invaluable for designing layers of planting.

Wildlife will thank you too, as bees and butterflies flock to the nectar-rich blooms, filling your garden with movement and life while the flower spikes stand proud like living sculptures.

With so many plants, you can create drifts of colour that sweep across a border, or mix them through beds for repeated bursts of floral fireworks. You can even cut stems for arrangements indoors. Their upright shape and striking hues look fantastic in a vase.

Supplied as a set of 10 bare roots, ready to plant.

Top Tips

Lupins don't like being disturbed once planted, so choose their position carefully and let them settle. For the most spectacular display, plant your 10 bare roots in groups of three or more to create bold drifts of colour.

Care Information

On Arrival:

Open your package straight away and carefully unwrap the bare roots.
If the roots look a little dry, soak them in a bucket of lukewarm water for 2-3 hours before planting.
If you can't plant immediately, keep them in a cool, frost-free place. Wrap them loosely in slightly damp newspaper or store them in a pot of moist compost until you�re ready.

How To Plant:

Choose a sunny or lightly shaded spot with well-drained soil. Lupins dislike sitting in heavy, waterlogged ground.
Improve the soil by digging in some garden compost if it's very poor or sandy.
Dig a hole wide enough to spread out the roots. Position the crown (where the shoots meet the roots) just below soil level.
Space each root 30-45cm apart, as lupins form substantial clumps when mature.
Backfill with soil, firm gently, and water well to settle them in.

Ongoing Care

Keep the soil moist during the first growing season while plants establish. Once settled, lupins are fairly drought tolerant and usually only need water in dry spells.
Feeding should only be needed if flowering is poor. A potassium-rich fertiliser can be applied to boost flowering.
Cut back faded flower spikes as soon as blooms go over. This often encourages a second flush later in summer. In autumn, trim stems down to ground level once foliage has died back.

Delivery Information

Our experienced team at the nursery will always carefully package and send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive once you receive and plant them. Although most plants are extremely tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme of weather conditions, we always avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme frosts or heat is forecast. We also avoid dispatching orders over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. If you have ordered a 'pre-order' item, these will be sent out as soon as possible after the quoted dispatch date and we generally ship your entire order with any pre-ordered items. Once your order has been dispatched, we will send you an email with details on how you can track it.

We send most of our orders via a fully tracked courier service with Yodel. We will send you a tracking link as soon as your order has been dispatched. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, we will not require a signature on delivery, and we ask out couriers to leave your item in a safe place ad your delivery address.

*Please note, once your item has been delivered, we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your delivery address. If you have delivery instruction and require our courier to leave your item in a specific place, please let us know - there is an option to leave a message for the courier at the checkout.

For smaller and single-item orders, we may send these via the post with Royal Mail - Tracking will not be available for orders sent via this method.

**Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

For all orders, a small delivery fee of £4.99 will be charged or spend over £49.99 for FREE Delivery!

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