Summary
Drifts of iridescent purple, white, and occasionally bi-colored floral bouquets of dwarf larkspur (Delphinium tricorne) create a spectacular display in the spring woodland garden. Stems with their distinctive ascending spurred flowers can reach 12-18” tall. Dwarf larkspur is a multi-stemmed, herbaceous species well adapted to moist, well-drained, slightly alkaline soils in the filtered light of the shady garden where it happily spreads. Under ideal conditions, it naturalizes well in plantings with Virginia spring-beauty (Claytonia virginica), Jacob’s-ladder (Polemonium reptans), celandine poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum), Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum), large-flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum), and Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides). Zones 4-7.
More Details
- Plant Type
perennial - Sun/Shade Conditions
filtered-to-partial-shade - Foliage Character
deciduous - Soil Moisture
average-to-moist - Flowering Period
mid-spring - Soil PH
alkaline - Flower Color
lavender, purple, white - Summer Foliage Color
green - Fall Foliage Color
dormant, yellow - Fruit/Seed Color
brown