Lupin Russell Mixed

Flowers the year after sowing. Impressive spikes of early summer colour year after year. Superb planted in groups in a border.

How to Sow and Grow

• Sow indoors for surest results, March-June, 1.5cm (½”) deep, in a tray of compost.
• Water well and place in a cold frame, unheated greenhouse, or on a warm kitchen windowsill.
• Keep moist.
• Seedlings usually appear in 21-28 days.
• Transplant individually, when large enough to handle, to 7.5cm (3″) pots.
• Always hold by a leaf, never by the stem.
• Gradually accustom young plants to outside conditions, before planting out into well-drained soil, May-October, 60cm (2′) apart.
• Or, sow thinly, outdoors, April-July, in a seed bed, into finely-prepared, well-drained soil, which has already been watered.
• Thin seedlings to 5cm (2″) apart, before planting out to flowering position in autumn.
• Flowers: May-July, the following year.