Lupinus Mini Gallery™ Mix

Lupinus Mini Gallery™ Mix is a blend of showy perennials from the Mini Gallery Series offering early summer interest. Highly floriferous and early blooming, the plants set elongated terminal clusters dense with pea-like, bicolor blooms in shades of blue, red, pink, and yellow. Borne on stout stems rising above the foliage, the flowers attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds to the garden and make excellent cuts for the vase or arrangements.

Lupinus polyphyllus varieties, commonly called bigleaf lupine, the Lupinus Mini Gallery™ Mix contains robust herbaceous plants with an upright, compact habit of large, palmate, green leaves, with many leaflets, that grows into a well-established clump. The distinctive foliage is a popular addition to floral arrangements. A cottage garden favorite, lupines are shown to best effect when massed or grouped in beds and borders but also make excellent thrillers (focal point) in container gardens.

Easy to grow and low maintenance, lupines prefer full sun to part shade and rich, moderately fertile, slightly acidic to neutral, evenly moist, well-drained soils. The plants grow best in cooler climates, when days are warm and sunny and nights are cool, and are intolerant of extreme summer heat, so mulching may be beneficial to keep roots cool and moist. The plant is salt tolerant and deer resistant.

Native plants, the varieties in Lupinus Mini Gallery™ Mix are indigenous to North America. Native plants are not only beautiful but also environmentally friendly. Naturally adapted to the climate and soil conditions of the region, they thrive without fertilizers or extra watering, once established. They also act as natural pest controls, reducing the need for pesticides in the garden. Landscaping with native plants promotes biodiversity and provides shelter and quality food for wildlife and pollinators, bringing gardens to life.

MINI GALLERY™ Lupines are more compact, earlier blooming, and more floriferous than the Gallery Series and shorter in height than the popular Popsicle Series.