Silver Bush Lupine

Posted October 10, 2012 7:55 am & filed under California Native Plants.

Lupinus albifrons has beautiful silvery leaves and tall purple bloom spikes.

And it photographs well too.

Lupinus albifrons – Silver Bush Lupine

California Native
Perennial Shrub

Sun: Full Sun
Water: Dry
Size: Bushy, 3 to 5 feet

Blue flower spikes sit on top of silvery shrub. Needs good drainage, full sun, and little water. Butterfly plant, moderately deer-resistant. Useful to fix nitrogen in depleted soils. Hardy to 25.