White Lupine seed

LATIN NAME: Lupinus albus

COMMON NAME: White Lupine

The white lupine sends up its tall, white spikes over the broad, palmate leaves, and the whole plant stands in the stately rows. The upright, bushy, annual or short-lived perennial plant carries the broad, palmate leaves of the many leaflets and the tall, dense spikes of the white, pea-like flowers through the early summer, one of the stately sights of the field, to be followed by the broad, downy pods. The seeds have a very long record as the fine, protein-rich pulse of the old tables, and the plant is a fine, historic presence of the field. It is a plant of the open, sunny, deep, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The white lupine is a historic subject of the plant science, and the white spikes keep showing up in the work on the pulse crops. The way the tall, dense spikes of the white, pea-like flowers give way to the broad, downy pods has been studied steadily, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the pulse crops, the nitrogen-fixing legumes and the members of the bean family. The palmate leaves and the upright habit have also made it a fine study plant, and the white lupine is a regular subject of the work on the stately spikes of the cool world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The white lupine is a fine, historic plant of the field and the kitchen garden. The tall, dense spikes of the white, pea-like flowers open through the early summer, one of the stately sights of the field, drawing the bees, and the broad, downy pods follow with the plump, pale seeds of the table, a fine, protein-rich pulse with a very long record at the old tables. The plant also feeds the soil, fixing the nitrogen through the roots, and it is one of the fine choices for the field, the kitchen garden and the study collection. It has been written about in the agricultural and the botanical papers for the stately spikes and the very long history, and it is a fine, historic plant of the open, sunny, deep, well-drained garden.

Give the young plants the deep, well-drained bed, and the spikes will rise in the first season.

To grow the white lupine from seed, soak the large, pale seeds in the warm water for a night, then set them a centimetre down in the pot of gritty soil. Keep the pot in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young plants out in the open ground. The seedlings thread up within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun and the deep, well-drained ground, the white spikes will rise through the early summer.