bettyfb - thanks for the compliments but I can't take the credit for anything other than plunking seeds in growing mix and setting the winter sown containers out in the snow. Ma Nature did the rest. FranciePants - don't get discouraged. From what I've read, lupines are notoriously difficult to keep growing. They thrive in lousy soil, imperfect weather conditions and zero disturbance...i.e., they want to be left alone to grow (or not) right where you plant them. For me, they're worth all the effort & aggravation because they're so spectacular when they bloom but if it's too much for other folks I can understand. Not everyone has time for/is tolerant of prima donna/drama queen plants. There are lots of other perennials that thrive on neglect altho' they likely won't put on the show that lupine flowers & foliage do every spring.

If the seeds were cold stratified they will come up. If not, they'll lie dormant until after next winter.

deanna, I would imagine your Russell Lupin seed has been selected from the best of the best over the years, better growth habit and better flower form etc. The seed I have came from plants found still growing at the original sight where Mr. Russell did his hybridizing, I think in the 30's. I love growing things that have a history or story to go with them. Annette

B1 won't do a thing. Manure tea might. But impossible to tell with info provided. WAG is overwatering. Dan