Annual lupins are really wonderful plants. Their pretty bi-coloured spires appear in profusion all summer long on very bushy plants that have lovely foliage. As if that were not enough, they also have a delicate, sweet fragrance, which pervades the whole garden until the first frosts. Easy to look after, and perfect for informal, cottage style plantings (not to mention what good cut flowers they make), they are almost too good to be true, and yet are so rarely seen.