Lupins are a real summer garden classic and this hardy lupin 'The Governor', with its fragrant flowers borne on tall elegant spires, is a wonderful example. Standing roughly 1m tall once fully grown, this amazing lupin certainly stands out in late spring and early summer with its bi-colour ultramarine blue and white flowers opening in succession from the bottom of the spire upwards, prolonging the flowering season, and are a magnet to butterflies, bees and other beneficial pollinating insects making your summer garden a haven for wildlife. With palmate, sage green foliage creating the perfect backdrop for these eye-catching flowers, their tall, spiky display of blooms really stand out in beds and borders, making a stunning statement in your garden. They're also great in pots where they're make a bold statement, creating a focal feature on patios and decking - or cut the stems and bring indoors to create beautiful cut flower displays. One of the Band of Nobles Series of hybrid lupins, easy to grow and totally winter hardy, 'The Governor' is also easy to maintain and makes the perfect cottage garden plant - it's perennial so comes back year after year with an ever-increasing amount of blooms. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot.
Bicolour pea-like flowers are tightly packed on tall architectural spires. Carefully bred for a long flowering period with unbeatable garden performance. This traditional cottage garden perennial creates a strong impression in borders or planted in groups at the edge of woodlands.