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Lupinus perennis (Wild Lupine)Lupinus perennis (Wild Lupine) is one of the best landscaping plants if you have drier soils. Its flower spikes are quite exquisite! This plant is a host plant for the Karner Blue butterfly and is critical for this federally endangered species survival. Lupine is common in the black oak savanna surround Lake Michigan. Sun Exposure Prairie Savanna Soil Conditions Dry Mesic Dry Height 2' 3' Flower Color Purple Flower Time May, June, July Frequently

When used as a massed ground cover watch out

resemble a turtle's head

Height 6'-8'

The benefits are not lost in landscaping

A cluster of fluffy violet flowers begins blooming starting in July and blossom into October

Huge six-inch pale pink flowers with deep pink centers bloom beginning in June and continue into late summer

and skippers use it as larval food and several species of waterfowl consume the seeds

it does require pollination from distant relatives to produce its fruit

that typically grows in dry areas around here like Lake Michigan dunes or hill prairies

Height 2'-3'

that perfect soil climate and also grows ant larvae

Beautiful spring wildflowers followed by superb leaf texture