Lupinus 'Masterpiece'

You're the first Goyer i've known to have 'Masterpiece' Karen....My very fav Lupin...I got a few basal cuttings from mine this year...:>)

Ah, we'll, it had to be a special one to gain entry to my garden Moti...I'm not much of a lupin fan. But this one is gorgeous!

I love lupins - unfortunately, so do "my" snails. But mine are nowhere near as far on as these.

Ihave two of them this year but expect flowers next year.

Melchi..these are only advanced because they are new and bought in as large plants.

So stately I love them, have not grown any for over 20 years, due to giant greenfly which put me off!!

I love them too and that colour is gorgeous but I'm with Dotty on the monster greenfly.....I have real problem with big bright green bugs Lol :o)

Interesting...I wonder if they will draw the aphids away from my roses!

I wonder? do let us know K.....

I have two great tits nesting in my box, and two house Martin nests on my walls...they ought to be devouring a quantity of pests between them!

I've only ever seen the 'monster' ones on Lupins, funny how they manage to locate them. Having said that I'd never seen a lily beetle but they appeared the day after I bought a Lily home.

You must have 'bought' the lily beetle as well Annie. I haven't seen one of those b*****s yet, it's too blooming cold up here for em! This morning was sunny, but there's a cold wind today and now it's clouded over. The lily beetles are all saying....'nah, lets turn around and go back to England!'

I think you must be right Karen but I thought I had really checked it out before buying.
I'm on the case with the Osteospermum, it seems to behave more like 'Stardust' so may take a while to get going :o))

Oh, thanks so much! X

I have just "removed " four lily beetles from one of my lily pots. It's the babies that are so disgusting - they cover themselves in excrement, but they at least are easy enough to dispose of. You have to develop a strategy to remove the adults - they drop off backwards, so you can't see them on the soil surface. I always make sure I have something underneath when I disturb them. They are very hard to squash!

Yuck, yuck, YUCK!! Lol

Absolutely! :-(((