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How to Grow
Water
Medium
Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.
Sunlight
Full Shade - Partial Shade - Partial Sun - Full Sun
~
0-3 hours of direct sun per day
Soil
Rich, moist soils.
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
Plant Type
Perennials, Herb/Forb, Native Plant, Poisonous, Wildflower, Herb
Lifespan
Perennial
Plant Height
1-3 ft.
Flower
Loose raceme of up to 1.5-inch bluish-purple to occasionally whitish trumpet-shaped flowers. Five petal-like sepals with the upper sepal extending backward into an upright spur. The four petals are small. Flowers bloom from July to September.
Fruit
Three horn-like fruit pods split to release seeds August to October.
Benefits
Attracts
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Bees
Moths
Songbirds
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Taxonomy
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Delphinium
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