Buy and multiply lupins

Lupins are not only extremely decorative, but also valuable for the garden soil. Their long roots even penetrate compacted soil, so that the planted bed becomes looser in the long run. In addition, they enrich Perennials the earth with nitrogen. All in all, lupins are plants that make few demands on the quality of the soil and even improve it. But that alone is certainly not the reason why you want to grow lupins.

Buy lupins as seeds or perennials? - Decision support

• If you buy lupine seeds and pre-cultivate them in the apartment, you can start growing them as early as March. This is an extremely cheap method, because apart from a sachet of seeds, small pots of potting soil and a little patience, you don't have to invest anything. If you start growing numerous plants early enough, the chances are that many of them will bloom in the same year.
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• However, if you want to start with an already grown perennial, you will have to wait a few weeks longer. Then you will find it in the garden center. Of course, the small, freshly grown perennials, which you can buy for around 3 euros each, are cheaper. However, you cannot rely on whether these will still bloom in the same year. Larger specimens, which may already have buds, sometimes cost around 10 euros per plant, but are sure to bloom fully in a few weeks.

Pruning promotes the bloom and thus the seed formation

Lupins can also be multiplied by dividing them, but growing them from the seeds is a lot easier and does not weaken the plant.

• Make a habit of removing the dead inflorescences as soon as the plant begins to develop pods. If you do this consistently throughout the summer, lupins can bloom well into August. So you can enjoy them for several months and postpone the seed harvest to late summer.


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• When the flowering is visibly coming to an end, start to let the seed heads stand so that the seeds in the bean-like pods can grow in thickness. As soon as the pods start to fall off from the bottom, take them all off and let them dry in an airy place. There are around four to five seeds in each pod, so you can already cultivate this number of lupins per pod.
• If you have collected enough pods, just let the rest fall off by itself and pay no further attention to it. With a little luck, a few new plants will emerge the following year.

Growing lupins from seeds - here's how to do it

Instead of waiting until after the last night frosts, prefer the lupins on a sunny windowsill in your apartment from the end of March.

• Put two seeds each in a small pot with potting soil and keep it consistently moist. So that you do not wash away the soil, it is best to use a flower sprayer. You can also put the potty outside on sunny days. However, make sure that the soil does not dry out at any time.
• It is not necessary to separate the pupils or to put them in larger pots. Just wait until the beginning of May and then plant them straight into the bed. Since young lupins are one of the favorite foods of Snails belong, you either have to protect them or come to terms with some shrinkage.
• With a little luck, the early lupins will bloom in the same year. Then - if you don't have enough plants yet - you can continue your cultivation by picking up pods again, drying them and growing small plants from them in the following year.