[garddwr]

What are Delphiniums,Lupins and Red Hot Poker grown from ?

Seed,Bulbs or do you buy plants and divide them ?

Thanks

[SnooziSuzi]

Dunno about RHP's but my delphiniums and Lupins were both grown from seeds.

[garddwr]

Dunno about RHP's but my delphiniums and Lupins were both grown from seeds.

Thanks for your reply.

Which varieties were they and where did you get the seeds from ?

Thanks

[Trillium]

Red hot pokers can be grown from seed but I've never had luck with them. I just buy started plants, which are tubers in pots. If your area is very cold in winter, give them a winter mulch and they'll come through easily.

[SnooziSuzi]

from memory the seeds were just packets from suttons but I sowed them last year as they are biannual / biennial ... whatever!

I couldn't tell you the variety off hand but I'll go and do some digging to find out!  brb!

[mumofstig]

Delphiniums, sowed them last year, they are flowering this year, perennial
http://www.thompson-morgan.com/seeds1/product/6572/1.html
Lupins as above
http://www.thompson-morgan.com/seeds1/product/7149/1.html

[SnooziSuzi]

right.. the delphs I sowed were Delight Mix.  Can't see the lupins that I sowed on their website but the varieties they have are really good too so won't harm to try them!

As for the RHP;  their website didn't have any corms, seeds or bulbs so don't know what they are grown from, however a quick google did come up with this linky and it says they are grown from seed

[garddwr]

Thanks that's really useful.

I'll have a go with the delphs and lupins next spring.


Do the delphs look a bit dull in the pictures or is it me ?

Thanks

[mumofstig]

Red hot pokers from suttons
link
from T & M
http://www.thompson-morgan.com/seeds1/product/7654/1.html

They are not dull in the garden though, very pretty

[garddwr]

Thank you all.

Great info as always.

I'm off now, I'm sure I'll have a lot more questions to add to this thread during the week !

Thanks again

[Flowerpower136]

Lupins - dead easy from seed, or can be container grown.  I can't keep them going for more than a couple of years though. Almost treat them as annuals.

Not sure about RHP, think they're a tuberous type thing.

Re Delphiniums - try Aconitum instead.  Looks identical, doesn't need staking, and 100% slug proof.  Reason for that is extremely toxic, so only OK if no small plant eating people around.