2006-10-14 22:59:24 · 9 answers · asked by RJH-SALFORD,m6 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
just leave them in the ground the tops will die back and the re grow in spring and they will be bigger also its worth taking the dead flower heads of as they die through the summer and it will produce more flower heads and last longer
2006-10-14 23:03:32 · answer #1 · answered by P felix 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Care Of Lupins
2016-12-15 08:04:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on where you live. We have 7 months of severe winter here. I always cut mine back to the ground. This makes for less mess in the Spring. Also, helps t eliminate overwintering of the little green worms and cutworms which can atttack the plants. If you live where the ground does not freeze hard and stay that way all winter cutting back will not eliminate the worm problem. Ground stays frozen solid her until mid May.
2006-10-14 23:17:42 · answer #3 · answered by Leslie S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My sister in law has lupins growing in a northern Alberta, Canada community. She doesn't do anything with them - they die back in the fall and come back in the spring. Of note, they are the nicest lupins I have ever seen.
2006-10-15 04:34:07 · answer #4 · answered by EL 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cut them back and leave cover the crown with a mulch in winter when planting used peat not compost but short lived sow seeds in spring under glass or basal cuttings in march
2006-10-15 12:47:19 · answer #5 · answered by colleen a 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cut them back to about 4 inches, leaving any new growth. Mulch with well rotted compost / manure / bark.
2006-10-17 08:18:39 · answer #6 · answered by kippergonzo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
leave them,the seeds will drop, you can then cut back the original plant to ground level, and a new plant should grow next year + any seeds that have dropped should produce more
2006-10-15 03:14:15 · answer #7 · answered by rachel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are perenials just cut back, they will be okay..no need to lift.
2006-10-14 23:08:03 · answer #8 · answered by grumpcookie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
P felix has it in one.
2006-10-14 23:07:14 · answer #9 · answered by edison 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋