After our two weeks of really warm weather and sunshine we're back to grey skies and rain. The forecast for the rest of June isn't great but hopefully some sunny days will appear. The plants have been under a bit of stress from weather extremes and I think this has caused some of my plants, like turnips, to bolt. Watching Gardener's World on Sunday makes me feel better to know that Monty Don has had problems with his veg bolting.
This year my lupin flowers have bent. I'm not sure if this is a result of weather conditions or something else. I recall reading an article about this recently but I can't remember the rationale (will have to dig through magazines to try to find the article). The flowers still look great but I'm curious why they have bent.
Variety: Lupin Russell
Mix (perennial), grown from seed several years ago.
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| Little white lines drawn in above help show the bendy flower stems. |
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Bent or not the Lupines are still just beautiful. I tried planting some from seed in Florida and they came up, but died as seedlings. Probably too hot here for them. I hope you have good luck with all your veggies. It would be nice if we could order the weather we want!!Happy gardening, Kelli.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Egretta; you don't need a flower to be straight for it to be good. Lupins are impressive whatever their shape.
ReplyDeleteThat's still a gorgeous display. I've not had bendy Lupins, but I once had bendy Honesty caused by the weather.
ReplyDeleteYour lupine look quite healthy--and heavy. Maybe so supports to get them to stand. I need to plant lupine; they can be, as yours, stunning and quite colorful.
ReplyDeleteThere is a disease called anthracnose that causes lupins to bend but there would be some browning of the stem if this was the reason - hope it isn't and just the weather causing irregular growth.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like it's only a couple of the flowers which are bending, and they don't take anything away from the wonderful display your lupins are putting on. The weather this year has a lot to answer for.
ReplyDeleteThey look gorgeous to me! Sometimes we have to throw uniformity out the window and go with the more liaise faire approach. :o)
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