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Lupinus texensis |
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| | Pennsylvania seed-grown |
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| | Texas specimen |
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I never saw flowers from the first time we tried these (my typical annual affliction: by the time I get around to setting them out, it's into the warm season, I'm tired, and I forget where I put things). In my second Pennsylvania attempt, I put them right up at the front of the border, and sure enough, they bloomed. Smaller plants than I was expecting, but the combination of the starry-silvery foliage and the clear blue flowers is a winning one. Unfortunately, it did not self-seed.
Our next attempt to grow these lovelies was in a more appropriate locale: Texas itself, which has named this its state flower. The plants were nursery-purchased, but this time I'm really hoping for some self-seeding.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: houston front yard About my plant portraits
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- Seed from PT order. Soaked seed, baggy 70F (75+%G, 5-25d). Required scarification to germinate
- Same seed as above. Scarified with sandpaper, soaked 1d. Baggy 70F (100%G, 4d)
Good scarification is key to germination. Seedlings grow fast.
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