Lupine Russell Seeds Mix

Lupine Russell Seeds Mix produces tall, elegant flower spikes in a wide range of vibrant colors, making it a distinctive addition to cottage gardens, pollinator plantings, and mixed borders. These stately perennials thrive in full sun and well-draining soil, developing lush mounds of palmate foliage before sending up dramatic towers of blooms in late spring to early summer. The Russell strain is known for its uniformity, vigorous growth, and rich color selection, attracting bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds throughout the flowering season.

Mix Details

• Plant type: Perennial
• Growth habit: Upright
• Crop category: Flower seed
• Flower character: Lupine Russell Seeds Mix produces tall, elegant flower spikes in a wide range of vibrant colors, making it a distinctive addition to cottage gardens, pollinator plantings, and mixed borders.
• Product format: Seed packet

Sowing & Growing

• Soil Temperature: 55-70°F
• Planting Depth: 1/8"–1/4"
• Germination: 14-21 Days
• Height at Maturity: 24"-48"
• Days to Maturity: 90-120 Days
• Sun/Shade: Full Sun
• Spacing After Thinning: 12"-18"

Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for Lupine Russell and use the recorded planting season, depth, and light requirements. Press shallow-sown seed into good soil contact and keep the seed zone from drying during establishment. Thin or transplant only when the growth habit and spacing call for it. Leave enough room for mature width and air movement. Bloom timing and final height can shift with sowing date, climate, soil, moisture, and competition, so use listed figures as planning ranges.

They perform best in cool climates and benefit from mulching and regular moisture during early growth.

For more colorful flowering plants that complement lupines in layered garden designs, explore our Flower Seeds & Bulbs collection, where you’ll find annuals and perennials that pair beautifully with tall spiking varieties.

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Visit our article on secrets to growing big, beautiful lupines for tips on planting, care, and encouraging strong blooms.

Lupines are natural nitrogen fixers, enriching the soil and helping neighboring plants grow more vigorously.

Because this packet contains a mix, component proportions and the number of varieties visible in a small planting will vary. Emergence, growth rate, mature size, color, and harvest or bloom timing can also differ among components and with site conditions. Evaluate the planting across the full season rather than assuming the first seedlings, flowers, or harvest represent the entire mix.

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