Lupinus Westcountry ‘Beef Eater’
Lupinus Westcountry 'Beef Eater' is a magnificent lupin with solid red flowers.
Lupinus ‘Beef Eater’ is a magnificent lupin with solid, pure red flowers from pinkish red buds that rise up on straight, strong spires. The Westcountry lupins from England are the most beautiful in the world with incredible colours, including bicolours, tons of flowers, and great vigour. Pollinator attractor. Lupins go semi-dormant after blooming. Plant them behind something that is one foot tall and cut back six inches after flowering to encourage new growth and reblooming. Note for mail order customers: Our main shipping season usually coincides with lupin bloom. Your lupin may bloom soon after arrival and then go dormant or arrive already blooming or bloomed and trimmed back. It is not dying or dead. It’s just going dormant. Plant it in the garden. It will reflush later in the season and may rebloom in late summer. Then it will bloom as per usually in spring of the following year.
Common Name: Lupin
Family: Fabaceae (The Legume Family)
Zone Hardiness: 3-9
Light: Full Sun Part Sun
Height: 2-4'
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Red
Secondary Bloom Colour: Pink
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Summer
Soil Moisture: Average
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Fragrance: Yes
Berries:
Benefits: Bees
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Dry, hilly grassland, open woodland, on coastal sands and cliffs and on riverbanks.
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