Question

Can anyone tell me what's happened to my lupin please? It was fine one day, dead the next? Birds love pecking at it now tho?  

Answer 1

Looks like the frost has got to it?  

Answer 2

Mines looked a bit miserable until I repotted it with fresh compost and a good watering. I've just planted it in the ground and it's springing to life x

Answer 3

Did it dry out?  

Answer 4

Looks like it needs a drink

Answer 5

Frost or dryed out

Answer 6

Give it lots of water, it will spring back  

Answer 7

Or vine weevil can kill healthy plant that quickly.  

Answer 8

Looks like a cat or something been sleeping on it

Answer 9

Ants I've stopped trying with them cos ants just kill them

Answer 10

Looks dry as a dodo water it n see if it recovers but if it doesnt recover i would cut the long ones back n leave the new shoots n start again x

Answer 11

Dry but also maybe root bound, need to split to smaller pots

Answer 12

Get it in the ground and it will do fine  

Answer 13

Repotting, fresh compost, bigger pot. Split?  

Answer 14

Just water it they like plenty water  

Answer 15

Looks like you have new shoots in the centre. Repot, feed and water well. Roots might be cramped so might need larger pot or put in the ground.  

Answer 16

Frost by the look if the leaves

Answer 17

Sorry about your Lupins & do hope they wil recover you know the name of your plant Great. Just want to say I do wish People would stop asking if something is a WEED there is no such thing although some wild flowers do have weed in there name why can't they ask if anybody knows name of plant My Helebore which self seeded last year has give me a great display this year

Answer 18

If birds keep pecking it it’s probably got some tasty bugs in there , try reporting it fresh soil, more space good water and hopefully you don’t find anything to bad in there  

Answer 19

Lupins are weeds in Australia

Answer 20

Are you sure it hasn’t got green or white fly?  

Answer 21

Keep watering weve had no rain for a few weeks. Morning and night

Answer 22

The pot may be too small as well as the soil being too dry

Answer 23

It could have got too dry. Lupins need lots of root space. Their roots go very deep so it would not have been very happy in this pot.  

Answer 24

Keep water them

Answer 25

Oh thanks everyone I thought it was dead, I'll give it a go at repotting  

Answer 26

Weevils lift out out and separate the soil. Youl find little white grubs

Comments

@hatley that’s what I was thinking too

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@hatley what are those? I found some in my hanging basket, then I dug a wasp out too

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@grampus need to kill them with nematodes. They will ruin you're whole garden. The bug eats leaves and foliage. And the larvae kill the whole planrt by eating the entire root system.  

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VINE WEEVILS

Answer 27

Either needed watering or perhaps frost?  

Answer 28

The pot is far too small, repot asap and water water water  

Answer 29

Pot bound!  

Answer 30

Are you watering it

Answer 31

Needs watering daily x

Answer 32

It is pot bound but i'd also say it's been hit by frost

Answer 33

Looks a bit dry , maybe a bigger pot ? Good luck I’m not green fingered at all xx

Answer 34

Did you water it enough? Lupins love water, and If In a pot need to be watered daily

Answer 35

They are better off with large pots or in the ground the roots ball up and suffocate if pot too small

Answer 36

Lupine not really suitable for a pot.  

Comments

@coastline these were mine last year in a pot

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@backache wow! Stunning!  

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@coastline they have come back even bigger this year and a lot bushier. I can't wait for them to flower again x

Answer 37

Check for greenfly, mine were like that, they were covered in greenfly, I sprayed them with soapy water. Although as recommended, they are better growing in the ground.  

Answer 38

Looks like frost has gotten to it x

Answer 39

One of my plants died very quickly. When I pulled it out the pot, there were white grubs in the pot that had eaten the roots. Pull it out of the pot, check the soil, and maybe replant replant in fresh compost x

Answer 40

Check it for Aphids (little tiny white fly things) they love Lupins and the birds love them too so poss picking them off to eat Dont think it’s frost we haven’t had any have we? Agree they do better in the ground xx

Answer 41

Dried out.  

Answer 42

Needs a big drink

Answer 43

Have you had a frost ? Dont worry it will perk back up

Answer 44

I have been trying to grow them for years no luck with them

Answer 45

Does the pot have water holes for drainage

Answer 46

Looks like it needs a good drink.  

Answer 47

Pots too small for it (root bound) better off in the ground more room for it to bloom and grow . Looks very dry too but again that's down to being in the wee pot, And by the looks of the crop circle type squished foliage is due to some ones precious pussy curling up and sleeping on it.  

Answer 48

Too cold for it.  

Answer 49

When you re pot or plant check rootball for pests

Answer 50

Looks like a cat sat on it. Shoot cat?  

Answer 51

Lupine are better in the ground rather than pots . It has become pot bound . I would replant it an give it a good feed an water you might get it back .  

Answer 52

Looks like something crushed it. The stocks are kink

Answer 53

Just give it a good drink and it will be better you may want to put it in a bigger pot when it perks up x

Answer 54

Lupins enjoy full sun or dappled shade. The ideal soil is moist but well-drained and can be acid, chalky or neutral. Like many other perennials with tall flowers, they will benefit from a sheltered position.  

Answer 55

Needs re-potting into a bigger pot or put into the garden and a good drink, lupins like a lot of space

Answer 56

Need water

Answer 57

Needs water and a bigger pot  

Answer 58

Watering will help.  

Answer 59

Check that it hasn't been got at by vine weevil larvae, small white maggot looking beasts in the soil. Take hold of the base of the plant and give it a little tug, if the roots have been eaten it will just come out. Hope I'm wrong but I've previously lost plants this way that looked fine then suddenly died.  

Answer 60

Put a bit of chicken wire over it then water xx

Answer 61

It’s thirsty!  

Answer 62

Water and food

Answer 63

Give it room I would plant out and then water well.  

Answer 64

Pot bound? Should be in the ground.  

Answer 65

Check for vine weevle

Answer 66

Water . plants in containers & baskets need watering every day in this weather , they dry out quicker

Answer 67

Should be in ground

Answer 68

I have 2 in pots i water well they are in flower

Answer 69

Check for greenfly, plus snails love munching on the new shoots and another pest is weevils in the pot soil they eat roots, when planting in the ground, remove as much of the plant pot soil as possible from the roots in case any pests. Plant giving a good watering with plant feed and a spray or watering with a pest deterrent, try placing some straw around the base of plant or gravel stones as slugs or snails don’t like crawling over them.  

Answer 70

Looks like frost damage

Answer 71

If the birds are at it I'd say greenfly  

Answer 72

Mmmm I'll need to watch out for that

Answer 73

Corona virus

Answer 74

Lupins are big plants they need big room

Answer 75

Take it out of pot plant it in ground feed and water

Answer 76

Lupins always have greenfly on them especially on new tender growth thats what the birds are at them give them a spray with water to remove them the greenfly I mean not birds and keep an eye on them as they come back really quickly

Comments

Thats why I stopped growing them

Answer 77

The birds have had all my primula flowers, I have never known it before.  

Comments

@zeta42128 Marsh they did it to mine last year and there is really nothing you can do. I tried everything including running in the garden trying to scare them off. Next door thought I was bonkers

Answer 78

Report and check roots and soil for vine weevil. If there dump soil and kill the bugs they kill everything

Answer 79

Looks like a Lupin that defo needs to get out of that pot & put in the ground with a good watering

Answer 80

Is there a cat around that could have curled up on it?  

Answer 81

They are perennials and like being in ground so they can get bigger

Answer 82

Have a good look at the roots, any thing eating them? also looks dry?  

Answer 83

Needs good water bit of miracle liquid feed

Answer 84

Re pot and water daily when it’s night time or early morning before it gets too warm.  

Answer 85

Looks like it just needs water

Answer 86

Possibly vine weevil grubs in the soil. Chews away the roots.