Lupin Sundial

Wild Lupine is a flowering perennial native to Ontario with attractive, palm-shaped blue-green foliage. In late spring to early summer, upright spikes of pea-like blue to violet flowers appear and attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. It is also an important larval host plant for several butterfly species, including the endangered Karner Blue, where populations still occur.

Wild Lupine grows best in full sun with dry to average, well-drained soil. It prefers sandy, gravelly, low-nutrient conditions and does not perform well in heavy, wet soils. Individual plants can be relatively short-lived, but they may persist in the garden by self-seeding and spreading slowly through rhizomes.