A Puzzle

Lovely colours though.

Larkspur?

Pamg
Pam yes what is the difference between Delpinium and Larkspur is there one, I have grown wild Delphiniums in the past very much smaller than these so can't be size .
B

Gorgeous! Not me...I don't grow them. But after seeing these, I think they are just the thing for my cools and blues bed....once I get all that Campanula Glomerata out!

Karen would think there will be plenty of seed and they grow very quickly, Still cannot work out where they came from !

Very kind Brian, thank you! :)

Not sure but I think larkspur are annuals and delphinium pernnials, same family though

I got Larkspur seed from Amy. Mine haven't flowered yet so I don't know what colour they are yet. She might be able to answer your question.

Linda Interesting mine I thought came from Amy but when I asked her I referred to them as Delphiniums based on the leaves without flowers.

I'll know better when mine flower Brian. I recon by next week the flower heads will open. She had some on the site recently but they were a dark pink.

I should have mentioned she also sent me Salvia Cambridge Blue.

The top photos are Larkspur Brian and the seed was from me , and yes Linda the seed I sent you was blue , according to my book Larkspur is a close relative of the Delphinium ... the Larkspur is a hardy annual its proper name being Consolida ... the seed is very easy to collect and also seeds itself ... Did your Salvias C.Blue grow Linda ? you can collect seed from them as well ....

Both my Larkspur and my Salvia are looking great. They seeded well and should be flowering by next week. Brian's Larkspur looks wonderful, so I can't wait. Has your Salvia Cambridge Blue flowered yet? The buds have just appeared on mine. Love this seed exchanging.

My S. Cambridge blue has been in flower for weeks Linda yours may have been a little later as its their first year and are just getting established ... I'm hoping to get seed from my new red larkspur I'll let you have some if I do !

lovely plants, GoYers are such nice people

We are always a bit later in Scotland Amy. I would love some of the red seeds. :0)

I agree Fran good & trustworthy but then I think they would have to be to care so much about ' Mother Earth ' .
I'll keep you in mind Linda :o))

condundrum - do nice people beome gardeners or does garening make people nice?

I think both Fran. :0)

i think people would'nt garden unless they were nice, and gardening makes them nicer