Melinda Myers

Wild Lupine

Botanical Name

Lupinus perennis

Min Zone

3

Max Zone

8

Height

1 to 2 feet

Width

12 inches

Flowers

Late spring: erect stems of pea-like blue flowers, flowers can occasionally bloom in pink to white

Light

Full to part sun

Soil

Sandy, well-drained

Planting & Care

• Required sandy soils, does not do well in clay soils
• Only host plant to the endangered Karner Blue butterfly
• Host plant to the Fosted Elfin and Eastern Persius Duskywing butterflies
• Attacts hummingbirds
• Attacts bumble bees