hmmmm..... IDK That musta been one u-g-l-y weed that HAD to go!
Good luck! I bet the Lupin bounces back.

I often find that my lupines don't overwinter well, perhaps just my seed strain, perhaps the voles find them particularly tasty. So I let them go to seed and sprout where ever they want and then remove ones that I don't want. If yours don't survive, let me know and I'll save you some seed next year.

Yes, it was U-G-L-Y. It's common, but I don't know it's name. Looks like a grass, but bends gracefully over rather than sticking straight up, gets almost a foot tall. The roots are white and splay out from a point. That means they are hard to pull because they anchor themselves. Like, they anchor themselves on my lupine roots. So, I bare rooted.

nhbabs, if you grow from seed, do yours bloom the first year? I only got two blooms, but I thought they weren't supposed to bloom the first year anyway. My soil was poor, and got serious organic compost enrichment during the bare rooting so next year they'll have a much healthier environment. Were they all supposed to bloom the first year?

I think that mine bloom their second year for the most part.