How to tend a Delphinium elatum
Also known as: Delphinastrum elatum (L.) Spach, Delphinastrum hybridum (L.) Spach, Delphinastrum urceolatum (Jacq.) Nieuwl., Delphinium alpinum var. hebecarpum Kulikov, Delphinium atropurpureum Pall., Delphinium belladonna (Kelw.) Bergmans, Delphinium clusianum Host, Delphinium cryophilum Nevski, Delphinium davuricum Georgi, Delphinium elatum var. belladonna Kelway, Delphinium elatum var. bosniacum Pawł., Delphinium elatum subsp. bosniacum (Pawł.) Starm., Delphinium elatum subsp. cryophilum (Nevski) Jurtzev, Delphinium elatum subsp. macrotepalum Starm., Delphinium elatum var. pubicaule Borbás, Delphinium elatum subsp. pubicaule (Borbás) Dostál, Delphinium elatum subsp. tiroliense (A.Kern. ex Dalla Torre) Hegi, Delphinium elisabethae var. eglandulosum Kem.-Nath., Delphinium gratum Hoffmanns., Delphinium hirsutum Pers., Delphinium hispidum Steven ex DC., Delphinium hybridum L., Delphinium intermedium [Soland.], Delphinium kioviense Besser ex Nyman, Delphinium mixtum Loisel., Delphinium palmatifidum DC., Delphinium speciosum Janka ex Nyman, Delphinium tauricum Pall. ex M.Bieb., Delphinium tiroliense Kern. ex Dalla Torre, Delphinium urceolatum Jacq., Delphinium alopecuroides W.Bull ex K.Koch, Delphinium macrotepalum (Starm.) Landolt, Delphinium elatum f. productum Serg., Delphinium elatum f. parviflorum Serg., Delphinium elatum f. grandiflorum Serg., Delphinium elatum var. giganteum Serg., Delphinium elatum var. gracile Serg., Delphinium elatum var. alpinum Serg., Delphinium elatum var. grandifolium Serg., Delphinium elatum var. glabrum Serg.
Log in to add this plantWatering
Water thoroughly after soil surface dries
Sunlight
Like adequate light, resistant to half shade
Soil
Peat or soil with specific nutrients
Fertilizer
Dilute fertilizers following instructions, dilute fertilizers following instructions, in early summer, spring and autumn apply fertilizers once monthly
Pruning
Remove withered flowers, old, diseased, and dead leaves timely
About this plant
- Origin
- Europe
- Category
- Ranunculaceae, Delphinium
- Size
- Diameter ⥠10 cm, height ⥠15 cm
- Blooming period
- Flowering period May-October, viewing period 2-3 weeks
- Flower colors
- blue purple
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