What Color Is Delphinium?
The most common color of most delphiniums is blue, but it can be found in red, pink, white, violet, and yellow.
Delphiniums are short-lived perennials, which means that they will experience regrowth each season for an average of three to four years. They are often confused with the close relative, the annual larkspur, because larkspurs often overseed, making them appear to be perennials. The larkspur flowers are slightly smaller than that of the delphinium but come in the same variety of colors.
What Other Garden Flowers Are Blue?
Are you interested in finding additional blue flower varieties to add a splash of color to your flower bed? There are plenty to choose from!
Blue Perennials:
Amsonia tabernaemontana-Bluestar
Anemone pulsatill -Pasqueflower
Ajusg reptans-Bluebugle
Acanthus mollis -Bear’s breach
Anchusa azurea- Italian bluegloss
Auqilegia hybrids-Columbine
Aster novae-angliae-Michaelmas Daisy
Baptisia australis -Blue Wild Indigo
Campanula percisifolia -Willow-leaf Bellfower
Catananche caerulea -Cupid’s-dart
Centaurea cyanus -Cornflower or Bachelor’s Button
Echinops ritro -Small Globe-thistle
Eryngium giganteium -Sea-holly
Geranium species -Blue Cranesbill
Hosta seiboldiana- Plantain-lily
Iris germanica -Bearded Iris
Iris sibirica- Siberian Iris
Linum hybrids -Russell Lupine
Myosotis scarpioides -Forget-me-not
Nepeta mussinii -Ornamental Catmint
Perovskia atripicifolia -Russian Sage
Phlox subulata -Moss-pinks
Platycodon grandiflorus -Balloon Flower
Polemonium reptans -Jacob’s-ladder
Primula polyantha -Polyanthus Primrose
Salvia x superb -Violet Sage
Scabiosa caucasica- Pincushion Flower
Stokesia laevis -Stoke’s Aster
Veronica longifolia -Speedwell
Resources
Fell, Derek. The Essential Gardener: The Best Plants for Design and Cultivation : annuals, perennials, bulbs, roses, trees, shrubs, herbs, vegetables. New York: Arch Cape Press :, 1990. Print.
