Lupins

I think Lupins are biennials in which case if planted on 2008, 2009 would be when they would appear. Think thats the irght way for Biennials. think you may have missed out Im afraid, although you could start sowing some now they may be ready for next year, perhaps keep in a greenhouse/!

lpease wait for other answers though as I am still learning

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Sorry Mookins they are herbaceous perennials. Given that they did not reappear this year Barncote I would say you've lost them and will have to try again. I remember the border in my parents garden, at the back there were lupins, delphiniums and hollyhocks. They seemed huge to me as a small child!

Grrr Im always getting these biennial and perinnials mixed up

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No worries Mookins

Lupins are perennials but are short-lived ones - perhaps three to four years normally. Poorly drained soil may do for them in wet winters too

They are very easy from seed Barncote....you could plant some now in pots and put them in the cold frame over winter....:>)

Unfortunately, slugs and snails enjoy the new shoots, too.

Seeds do germinate easily, though, as motinot said.

I always thought that with a bed of lupins they would reseed themselves, I knew of one case were some houses were knocked down in the forties and there was a big bed of lupins still there in the late fiftes with meny colour vaireations , i saw them agine in the seventies and they were still there but they had reverted to one colour, if that is any help. blue if I rember right