General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Fruit is poisonous
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem

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Common names
  • Larkspur
  • Candle Delphinium

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Date: 2019-06-15
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2020-07-25
Larkspur (Delphinium elatum 'Guardian Blue')
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Shangri La Botanical Garden, Orange, TX
Date: 2014-04-19
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: Aurora, On
Date: 2015-07-06
Location: So. NH
Date: 2011-06-07
Location: Shangri La Botanical Garden, Orange, TX
Date: 2014-04-19
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-06-08

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