Delphinium elatum Seeds | Pink Delphinium
LATIN NAME: Delphinium elatum
COMMON NAME: Pink Delphinium
Plant Profile
Known to gardeners as Pink Delphinium, Delphinium elatum is a hardy, perennial in the buttercup family. It is a plant of open, sunny, deep, rich, well-drained ground. The flowers pull in pollinating insects, which quietly widens its usefulness in the garden. Gardeners value it precisely for this blend of qualities.
Science & Biotechnology
Research touching on Delphinium elatum ranges from the botany of the buttercup family to practical horticulture, including seed handling, propagation and the selection of superior forms. For practical purposes the message is encouraging: generations of cultivation have produced plants of predictable, well-mannered garden character.
Uses & Benefits
Pink Delphinium works well in borders, containers and dedicated beds. Pink delphinium is a stately, useful plant of cool border and study collection. It is a stately, useful plant of open, sunny, deep, rich, well-drained garden. Delphinium seeds prefer a fine, gritty compost kept cool and moist. Once settled, it thrives on neglect more than on fussing.
Delphiniums are the aristocrats of the summer border; note that the whole genus is toxic if eaten, so admire the spires and keep them from grazing animals and children.
Growing from Seed
Sow fresh seed of Pink Delphinium under ordinary good conditions. Use a fine, free-draining seed compost, scatter the seed evenly, cover it lightly and hold it just moist in good light. When the young plants are big enough to handle, space them into pots or a nursery row and let them size up before their final move.
Our Take
Pink Delphinium repays a little patience at sowing time with plenty of garden presence later.
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