Lupins not flowering??

miss choc

I bought lupin and foxglove plants in Lidl last Spring whilst the foxgloves are blooming the lupins aren't?? The plants have both grown well and high and no signs of slugs/snails but just leaves and no flowers. Anyone throw some light on this I thought I'd see blooms starting by now.

wildlifeboy

Lupins are the bane of my life, i have never got them to successfully flower. even when i buy them just about the flower they curl up and die, its either my soil or a north facing front garden which kills them.

redser7

Give them some tomato feed and more time.

miss choc

Well they are still in the same soil I bought them in didnt take them out of the pots (they are plenty big for the plants), I water them and they have a south west facing garden might try the tomato feed thanks.

celticbhoy27

wildlifeboy wrote: »

Lupins are the bane of my life, i have never got them to successfully flower. even when i buy them just about the flower they curl up and die, its either my soil or a north facing front garden which kills them.

I'm the opposite, they bloom every year for me. Thought they were a reliable plant for everybody. I rarely feed mine

miss choc

I vaguely rem Mam had lupins and they were out late Summer maybe? Well with todays weather they are getting enough sun and rain nothing eating them and have lots of space so guess it's a waiting game.

jameshayes

Mine are just coming into full bloom now, no feed/special attention other than well drained soil

lazybones32

miss choc wrote: »

I bought lupin and foxglove plants in Lidl last Spring whilst the foxgloves are blooming the lupins aren't?? The plants have both grown well and high and no signs of slugs/snails but just leaves and no flowers. Anyone throw some light on this I thought I'd see blooms starting by now.

It might just be the plant. I have aquilegias that took 5 years to flower...they're damn lucky to still be there.
Maybe try an application of potash? If there are no flower buds already, there will be no flower this year but maybe next year.

miss choc

Yeah maybe that happened me with daffs once loads one Spring nothing the next year flowers eh can be temperamental

monkeynuz

miss choc wrote: »

Well they are still in the same soil I bought them in didnt take them out of the pots (they are plenty big for the plants), I water them and they have a south west facing garden might try the tomato feed thanks.

If they are in the same compost as last year then they have probably used up all the goodness in the compost so you need to feed them then repot them with fresh compost later on.

Our lupins are pretty much in full flower now, looking the best they have for a long time.

Also I know you say no slug damage but on lupins slugs have a habit of just munching off the flower stem, so have a proper look inside and see if you can see any little stumps where flower stems might have been.

miss choc

Ok thanks would it be ok if I repot now with some new compost or should I wait till flowering (non flowering for me) period is over?

Supercell

My Lupins are not flowering yet either but the Foxgloves are flying. Just a bit early yet for here, I expect the garden to explode with colour in the next few weeks.

Northumbria

Lupins usually do crap the first you and fly the second. They never did well in pots for me though, but they like it in the ground and grow into monsters.
They have long tap roots, they like it in the ground. Same with Foxgloves.