Plant Finder Features How It Works Pricing Testimonials Blog

The UK's leading eCommerce platform for horticulture businesses.

Product

Features
How It Works
Pricing

Company

About
Blog
Contact

Legal

Twitter LinkedIn

false lupin | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

Home/Plants/Perennials

Plants > Perennials

false lupin

Thermopsis montana

Genus: Thermopsis
Family: Fabaceae

About this plant

T. montana is a suckering herbaceous perennial, up to 90cm high, with silky, silvery blue-green leaves with three oval leaflets, and spikes of yellow broom-like flowers in early summer and sometimes again in early autumn

Growing Information

Height

0.5-1 Metres

Spread

0.5-1 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Deciduous

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full SunPartial Shade

Soil

ClayLoamSandy

AcidAlkaline

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Neutral

Moisture

Poorly Drained

Aspect

West FacingEast FacingSouth Facing

Exposure

ShelteredExposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow in well-drained soil in sun or partial shade; cut down faded flower spikes to just above ground level; dig out roots if the plant spreads into unwanted areas

Pruning

No pruning required, but if the faded flower spikes are cut down to just above ground level there may be a second flush of flowering in early autumn

Propagation

Propagate by seed or division in spring

Pests

Generally pest free

Diseases

Generally disease free

Garden Uses

Uses

Ground CoverRock Garden

Planting Places

Greenhouse

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumn

Size & Characteristics

Height

0.5-1 Metres

Spread

0.5-1 Metres

Habit

Suckering

Time to Full Height

Five To Ten Years