Delphinium Multi-Color with Brown/Purple Striped Eye
Standing 5-6 feet tall and getting up to 3 feet wide this stunning multi-colored delphinium blooms mid June, and you may get a second flowering in the fall.
USDA GROWING ZONES 3-7
Plant in a open area with good sunlight, in soil that doesn’t get overly wet especially in the winter.
If your soil needs amending, use a good compost, and if needed use a tomato feed after flowering avoid high nitrogen plant food as this will cause the flower stalk to be weak.
Water heavy once a week or when needed the first year of its life, in subsequent years, water as needed when the flower spike is forming.
Each spring new shoots will emerge from your delphinium, wait until the shoots are 6-12 inches high then thin them down too 3 shoots for the first few years. Doing so will give you better flower spikes, and allow the root system to develop. Subsequent years you can keep 5-7 shoots.
This is very important your going to want to stake your delphinium. You can use three bamboo canes or something similar, the. Use twine or string and tie it to the canes; at the height of the flower spike or just above.
After flowering cut the spike to the leaves. Leaving the leaves will feed the root system, if you do see another flower stalk forming, cut the old one down to about an inch or two above the ground.
Enjoy growing your delphinium!
Standing 5-6 feet tall and getting up to 3 feet wide this stunning multi-colored delphinium blooms mid June, and you may get a second flowering in the fall.
USDA GROWING ZONES 3-7
Plant in a open area with good sunlight, in soil that doesn’t get overly wet especially in the winter.
If your soil needs amending, use a good compost, and if needed use a tomato feed after flowering avoid high nitrogen plant food as this will cause the flower stalk to be weak.
Water heavy once a week or when needed the first year of its life, in subsequent years, water as needed when the flower spike is forming.
Each spring new shoots will emerge from your delphinium, wait until the shoots are 6-12 inches high then thin them down too 3 shoots for the first few years. Doing so will give you better flower spikes, and allow the root system to develop. Subsequent years you can keep 5-7 shoots.
This is very important your going to want to stake your delphinium. You can use three bamboo canes or something similar, the. Use twine or string and tie it to the canes; at the height of the flower spike or just above.
After flowering cut the spike to the leaves. Leaving the leaves will feed the root system, if you do see another flower stalk forming, cut the old one down to about an inch or two above the ground.
Enjoy growing your delphinium!
Standing 5-6 feet tall and getting up to 3 feet wide this stunning multi-colored delphinium blooms mid June, and you may get a second flowering in the fall.
USDA GROWING ZONES 3-7
Plant in a open area with good sunlight, in soil that doesn’t get overly wet especially in the winter.
If your soil needs amending, use a good compost, and if needed use a tomato feed after flowering avoid high nitrogen plant food as this will cause the flower stalk to be weak.
Water heavy once a week or when needed the first year of its life, in subsequent years, water as needed when the flower spike is forming.
Each spring new shoots will emerge from your delphinium, wait until the shoots are 6-12 inches high then thin them down too 3 shoots for the first few years. Doing so will give you better flower spikes, and allow the root system to develop. Subsequent years you can keep 5-7 shoots.
This is very important your going to want to stake your delphinium. You can use three bamboo canes or something similar, the. Use twine or string and tie it to the canes; at the height of the flower spike or just above.
After flowering cut the spike to the leaves. Leaving the leaves will feed the root system, if you do see another flower stalk forming, cut the old one down to about an inch or two above the ground.
Enjoy growing your delphinium!