Lupins, The Ultimate Perennial Flower.
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Although lupins have been grown for centuries, the much loved sturdy varieties which we now have in our perennial flower gardens, were only created in the 1930’s. George Russell, worked on the blue lupin from North America, crossing it with tree lupins and annual species. He weeded out the weaker and duller plants, until he began producing bigger flower spikes and richer colours. These eventually became known as the Russell lupins., that we now have in our perennial flower gardens. Because h
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