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, some delphiniums are not called dwarf without good reason Is there plenty of light.?  Plants will grow taller if they struggle to get to the light.  Are your plants close together?

to grow and if they possibly can they will.  Provided the root loss was not too huge they shoud do well.  Ideally you should remove their  flower heads, I know this sounds dreadful, especially in the case of delphiniums, but it is alot to expect of any

have to decide exactly when to put them in place. Some support frames need to be carefully positioned over clumps early in the season to ensure that foliage and stems grow up through holes for support.Never leave delphiniums and other tall perennials

Looks very much like Borage to me although it is a long time since I saw any so could be well wrong. Frank. Looks like some kind of larkspur to me.  There are several hundred varieties in the delphinium family, so hard to pin it down unless someone

in the garden before you leave them out.Feed fast-growing plants with fertiliser Thin out congested pond plantsHand flower beds to prevent weeds establishing Around the gardenPlant out dahlias into well-prepared soil Regularly tie tall stems of delphiniums

with the effect? I have some in pots in a windy garden... so far so good. I would not grow them if they needed staking. I love them but not to that extent. Nature does not stake anything, only man when we breed some freak varieties. ellieD, I live in exposed site

to plant along the fence. The area gets early morning sun and late afternoon, summer sun. I'd like something attractive that won't get out of hand (like growing through the fence) nor requires too much maintence (we've got a huge garden to maintain). I

germinate and grow one year and flower, seed and die the next year. There are also perennials, which live for several years. Many of these die back to nothing over winter, producing fresh growth in spring (e.g., lupins, delphiniums) whilst others keep a few

Dear all, I took advantage of a GW special offer and just the other week, received my seedlings as follows - Echinacea primadonna, lavender hidcote, Penstemon tubular bells, Geum Mrs bradshaw, Delphinium Pacific Giants and Digitalis Excelsior. I

Just looking around my very young garden at whats in flower now and I still have a delphinium in bloom, a shirley poppy, roses, argyranthemum, snap dragons, wild carrot and lavender. I have primroses, wallflowers, winter honeysuckle, pansies