List of invasive plant species in Utah

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Lupine species lupins are in the pea family for basing and it's a large genus of plants most of them are herbaceous perennials but there is one shrub maybe a couple shrubs and a tree species I from South America but this is a good example the herbaceous perennial in bloom let's talk about growing lupins you what full Sun to partial a shade from this plant to do its best and right now we're in the shade uva nice holly tree but for eight hours eight to 10 hours a day this plant is in full Sun are it prefers a well-drained soil because it's a member of the PE family it fixes nitrogen which is very useful arm in terms of amending the soil and also it's a companion plant for are I large number I love Bob heavy feeding vegetables a if you thinkin you know the cucubits the cucumbers squash also says that it's been used in spinach fields and and cabbage as well this is a great example of the flower structure of Lupine these can be up to a foot long and when they start blooming the flowers begin opening at the bottom and then progress up the plant it's a great cut flower I have found if you cut if you harvested at about this level right here what about a third of the flowers have opened and you cut it then they will continue to open in in the vase if you wait too long to this state then the pedals start to fall almost immediately after after you cut it but it lasts for up to three or four days in the vase in the spring the foliage emerges up in a early to mid spring and it's just wonderful a dark green color mid green maybe with a white hairs on the back that makes the under sides appear a lighter green and its up also repels water a it's what they call superhydrophobic water droplets will role of the leaves a as if they were a mercury loop ends can be planted in the cut flower garden as I say they make a great cut flower their wonderful in the perennial garden again they take full Sun but you could put them in the front the shrub border a wonderful focal point in the spring garden