Lupine ( Lupinus perennis ) are beautiful wildflowers that are found across North America . They have good clusters of pinkish , royal or white efflorescence , and they are part of the Fabaceae crime syndicate , related to bonce , pea and clover . Lupine prefer full sun and do well in poor soils , and they are a plentiful nectar source for butterfly , bee and other pollinators . you could easy collect seeds from lupin growing in the wild to propagate in your own garden .
Step 1
Stake out a good patch of lupine . Lupine usually grow in sunny and slimly moist location , and they seem to prefer pathetic quality or rocky grime . attend for lupin along roadside , near drain ditches or in plastered meadows . lupin are also grown in many individual flower gardens , and if you involve permit the gardener may countenance you to collect the seeds .
Step 2
Harvest lupin seeds in the tumble . After the flowers slice , cum pod that look like haired greenish beans will develop . The seeds seedpod will begin out green and easy sprain brownish as they senesce . crop lupine seeds when the pods are obscure brown , grey or pitch-black and the seeds inside rattle when shake . Pods that are cracked open have probably already dropped their seeds .
Step 3
Remove the fuel pod with your fingers or a twain of scissor hold and put them in a composition dish .
Step 4
turn up over the top of the newspaper base and store the lupine seminal fluid at elbow room temperature until the pods burst or pop open . Depending on the seedcase ’s due date , this may take a few hours or a few day .
Step 5
pull together the lupin source from the bottom of the bag . Lupine seeds are oblong and somewhat matted , less than a fourth part inch in diameter and dark brown . Some source may still be clinging to the pods and can be lightly disembarrass by running your finger along the inside of the lupine seminal fluid pod . Discard the empty pod .
Step 6
storehouse lupine seeds in a paper bag in a cool teetotal place until you are ready to plant the seed . Lupine may be planted in the fall or the leaping , although spring - institute lupine seeds will need a menses of cold stratification in the icebox .
Tip
Different colors of lupin well hybridize with each other , so even if you only collect seminal fluid from purple - flowering lupine , if there are any pink or white lupin nearby , you will probably end up with a premix of color .
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