We have a beautiful purple Lupin plant in our garden and I noticed last year that after the petals flower, they turn into pods and, over time turn black, so this year I decided to research what this process was and realised that each pod houses seeds – what an amazing cycle!
Charlie, my eldest, noticed this too so we collected all the black pods and put them in a pot and sat down at a table to open them. He was amazed that there were seeds inside. It was such a nice calming activity to do together and once all the pods had been opened and the seeds collected we put them in little envelopes which we used rubber stamps to label.
The plan is to then sow these seeds next Spring and hopefully we’ll have a few more Lupin plants for the garden. I hope they work, as we’ve got so many we’ve decided to give them as little gifts to family and friends too, so if nothing happens that will be a bit of a disappointment/letdown!
