What would have done for my lupins?

I had a couple of lupins at the back of the garden which came back last spring and provided a few nice flowers before going back to sleep later in the year; I have had a look today, and there is no sign of them - anyone know what might have happened to them?

 

Ah, the wet - yeah, that will be about right.

Just as well I grew some from seed last year then I'll need to get them planted out sooner rather than later.

 

In pots, outside - they have been out all winter so are hardy enough - they are starting to get a spurt on now that its warming up.

 

Aye, but we love it!

 

This is some pointers from a reference book about Lupins:

The worst damage to lupin is caused by anthracnose, fusarium wilt, fusarium and other root rot, bacteria and viruses. Phytopathogenic viruses, mycoplasmas and mycoplasma-like organisms have been detected or are suspected in all leguminous crops. For lupin, especially harmful are widely spread viruses of mosaic. Phytopathogenic bacteria, mostly belonging to genera Pseudomonas and Xanthomonas, also afflict lupin plants frequently and severely. Lupin plants, and its low-alkaloid forms in particular, are infested by many species of plant-destroying insects, mites and nematodes. Subject to the variety, geographic and agronomic conditions, and the state of the population, many of these pests may manifest themselves by afflicting significant injury to the crop. Most of the parasitic species that affect fodder crops are represented by polyphagous forms, followed by the forms specializing on legumes. A small, but momentous part are oligophages with narrow specialization and monophages. Parasitic forms accompany legumes all the time – from the planting up to the storehouse (Чекалин et al., 1981).

So nothing to worry about then!!!

 

They were/are in the ground, yes - so there might be hope yet then