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DELPHINIUM
Another old cottage-garden favourite. To get the best display requires some fussing over. Greedy feeders and loved by slugs. Taller varieties need staking. Results can be spectacular.
Genus of about 320 species of annuals, biennials and perennials found mainly in mountainous areas worldwide, except Australia.
Main delphinium, or larkspur, cultivars are classed into Belladonna, Elatum or Pacific Hybrid groups
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HerbaceousEarly in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.Annuals, biennials and perennials. Basal leaves are toothed and deeply or shallowly 3-5-lobed.
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Full sunShelter from cold winds
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Additional FeaturesGood to knowProvide canes when the plants reach 30cm (12in) high. Thinning shoots when 7cm (3in) high ensures good-quality spikes. Deadhead to small, flowering sideshoots.Pests & DiseasesSlugs, snails, leaf miners, caterpillars, powdery mildew, crown rot on mature plants.Place of originMountainous areas worldwide with the exception of Australia.
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Soil ConditionsFertile well drained soil
- Dividing Herbaceous Perennials - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring Planting Osteospermums - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing Summer Perennials - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing summer flowering Hemerocallis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Summer propagation - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Self-seeding aquilegia - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Supporting Plants - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dead heading meconopsis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dead heading Delphiniums - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Feeding herbaceous peonies - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Overpotting Problems - Video Tip ondemand_video
Buy Varieties of DELPHINIUM

DELPHINIUM 'Astolat'
pink with black eye

DELPHINIUM 'Black Knight'
purple violet

DELPHINIUM 'Blue Bird'
clear blue

DELPHINIUM 'Blue Jay'
blue with white eye

DELPHINIUM 'Cameliard'
lavender-blue with white eye

DELPHINIUM 'Galahad'
white

DELPHINIUM 'Guinevere'
lilac

DELPHINIUM 'Bolero'
Highlander series. Double lavender-blue flowers with a cream centre. Good for cutting

DELPHINIUM 'Cha Cha'
Highlander series. Double pale purple flowers. Good for cutting

DELPHINIUM 'Flamenco'
Highlander series. Double pink flowers good for cutting

DELPHINIUM 'King Arthur'
violet with white eye

DELPHINIUM 'Moonlight'
Highlander series - A form with double lilac rosettes which initially have a lime-green centre

DELPHINIUM 'Summer Skies'
light blue with white heart
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