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Delphinium elatum |
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| Common name |
perennial larkspur |
| Family |
ranunculaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
blue |
| Size |
3-4 ft |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil (not too dry) |
For all the complaints about delphiniums not liking our hot humid summers, our patch does marvellously. Grown from seed several years ago, a few new seedlings volunteer every spring, and replace the ones that die of old age or adverse conditions. In our side garden they morning sun, and shade by mid-afternoon).
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| The 'Gletscherwasser' cultivar (seed-grown, so maybe not quite true) has light blue flowers; I've seen it referred to as one of the Pacific hybrids.
| This one, with deeper-blue, more sparsely spaced flowers with prominent bees, is the first one to bloom in our garden.
| Most of ours look more or less like this one
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: side garden About my plant portraits
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Jo | Jul 09, 2005 | I live in NE Pennsylvania, this is the first time I have planted Delphinium elatum, they have already bloomed and the blooms have dropped off, what do I do for the rest of the summer or the fall. |
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