<p>This versatile old-fashioned variety produces excellent cut flowers, and is easily dried. Shatter-resistant blooms in salmon, lilac, rose, white and blue retain their brilliant shades when dried. The 90cm (3 ft) spikes should air dry when the flowers are almost all open.</p><p>Direct seed mid-April through mid-June in sunshine. Germinates at 15C in 21 days. Indoors, it sprouts best in the cool. Blooms in 17 weeks. Space 25cm apart, height varies. Approx. 280 seeds/g. Caution: note that Delphiniums, like some other members of the Ranunculaceae (Buttercup) family are poisonous - avoid eating the seeds and leaves.</p><p>Delphinium comes from the ancient Greek word for Larkspur. The actual word is 'delphis' which means dolphin, probably referring to the shape of the buds just before they open.</p>
