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False lupine


Thermopsis caroliniana

False lupine

You'll love the sunny spires of yellow, pea-type flowers that resemble true lupines. The fingered leaves catch raindrops and hold them like pearls. Plants thrive in average soil, but resent being transplanted.

Light:
Sun,Part Sun
Zones:
4-8
Plant Type:
Perennial
Plant Height:
2-5 feet tall
Plant Width:
2 feet wide
Flower Color:
Yellow flowers
Bloom Time:
Blooms spring and early summer, depending on variety
Landscape Uses:
Containers,Beds & Borders
Special Features:
Flowers,Attractive Foliage,Fragrant,Cut Flowers,Attracts Butterflies,Drought Tolerant,Easy to Grow
Plant It With
Bachelor's button

Mountain bluets brilliant violet blue cornflower-like heads of flowers make a dramatic contrast with Carolina lupines spikes of strong yellow pea flowers.

Shasta daisy

Blooming at the same time, yellow centered single white Shasta daisies echo the yellow false lupine flowers.

Bluestar

In similar conditions, bluestar flower mixes well with false lupine in late spring.

Phlox

The deep lavender blue flowers of London Grove Blue woodland phlox make fine companions for false lupine in light shade.

Propagation
Seed
Division

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Comments (1)
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megonv wrote:

if lupine die down mid-summer, what should I plant to replace it?

5/1/2012 02:55:55 PM Report Abuse

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