SEEDS: Bluebonnet Sundial Lupine

This gorgeous heirloom, also called old maid's bonnet and wild lupine, is native to the eastern half of the U.S. Naturalist Henry David Thoreau noted in his journal in June 1852, "No other flowers exhibit so much blue. That is the value of the lupine." Ideal for wildflower gardens and mass plantings. Host plant for Elf butterfly larvae and Karner blue butterfly. Botanical Name: Lupinus perennisFamily: FabaceaeNative: Eastern North America and eastern CanadaHardiness: Perennial in USDA zones 3–8Plant Dimensions: 24"–36" tall, 18" wideVariety Information: ¾" blue to purple-blue flowers massed at the top of tall spikesExposure: Full sunBloom Period: SpringAttributes: Attracts Polliantors, Drought Tolerant