Fabaceae
Lupinus argenteus var. palmeri
Lupinus argenteus var. palmeri var. palmeri
Also known as Lupinus fontis-batchelderi, Lupinus palmeri var. clawsonianus, Lupinus palmeri var. humilis, Lupinus junipericola
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Lupine · Native · Western · Wildflower · Silver Foliage · Pollinator · Mountain · Drought-Adapted · Nitrogen-Fixer · Legume
Palmer's silvery lupine is a beautiful native perennial of the western mountains and Great Basin, featuring silvery-hairy foliage and tall spikes of blue to violet flowers in summer. It grows best in full sun with sandy, well-drained soil and is well adapted to dry, rocky, or disturbed sites from mid to high elevations. An excellent choice for native wildflower gardens, it attracts bees and other pollinators and fixes atmospheric nitrogen.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 7 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; ensure excellent drainage and allow soil to dry between waterings · Every 10-14 days during growing season
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- sandy loam
- Soil pH
- 7–8
- Temperature
- -40°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 3a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 2.5 ft
- Spread
- 12 in
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- Blue
- Foliage
- Green · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
Sources: trefle, usda
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