From a lush clump of divided leaves arise short stems bearing prominently-hooded, violet-blue flowers, with a noticeable black eye, much resembling a black bee! One of the high alpine species, the preferred habitat in the wild in Eastern Asia, the Western Himalayas, Kashmir and Tibet, ranges from 3000 to 4800 metres. ... Learn More

If you love Delphiniums then you'll love these! 'Frosted Skies' has spires of semi-double white flowers with china blue edges, on long branching stems. A strong stemmed upright growing larkspur, one of the very best for bouquets. Sow in spring for summer flowers then sow again in autumn. From an autumn sowing Larkspur produces sturdy plants and flowers early the following year. Toxic if ingested. ... Learn More

A new variety. Intensely coloured, double blooms of dark pinky-red are held on tall, strong stems. A beautiful plant for the border, providing colour throughout the summer. An excellent cut flower, the blooms last a long time in water. Toxic if ingested. ... Learn More

Tall spires with striking florets of double indigo blue flowers. A beautiful plant for the border, providing colour throughout the summer. An excellent cut flower, the blooms last a long time in water. Toxic if ingested. ... Learn More

Featuring tall spires of double, spurred, pale pink flowers with hints of pale green on long branching stems. A beautiful plant for the border, providing colour throughout the summer. An excellent cut flower, the blooms last a long time in water. Toxic if ingested. ... Learn More

This generous packet contains all shades, including bicolours, blue, pink and white singles, and doubles from our cottage garden. We have also included a few unusual species so expect the odd surprise. ... Learn More

This selection contains all of the dwarf and slightly large varieties we only have in quantities too little to offer individually, just a few seeds in some cases. All shapes and sizes and colours of flowers will be included and species we put into the mix included: Delphiniums brunonianum, cashmerianum, nuttalii and many more. ... Learn More

A newly introduced dwarf species from Yunnan and China with hairy leaves deeply divided into oblong segments. Three to five, relatively large pale blue flowers are produced on each compact, erect scape. ... Learn More

A very rare and lovely new variety from Siberia and Manchuria, barely yet in cultivation. Thick, greyish, rather felted leaves are held on strong stems which bear numerous deep blue flowers surrounded by purple bracts. ... Learn More

The flowers of this semi-dwarf plant are violet, with the uppermost of the five petals being modified into a pronounced hollow spur, all upon a single slender stem which usually is covered with very fine hairs. The petals are shallowly notched, ruffled, veined and wavy-edged with the upper two petals often being white. ... Learn More

This new, rare and desirable alpine plant with bluish-green flowers is the only tall larkspur in the Sacramento-White mountain range, its distribution being through New Mexico, Sacramento and the White mountains. Its normal habitats are canyon bottoms, forest meadows and road banks in lower and upper montane coniferous forest from 2,200-3,400m (7,200-11,200 ft). ... Learn More

This rare, unusually-coloured Oregon native has a prominent blue spot in its eye, and lower petals which are white or very faintly bluish tinged toward the base which has a prominent hairy tuft, the upper petals also being very faintly bluish to lavender-tipped. It grows perfectly in ordinary garden soil, and because of its origin can take drought in summer. ... Learn More

Large, hairy, dark violet flowers with with darker petals, produce a spur about equal to sepals. Originally from North-west China, this small and unusual plant is one of the of the easiest alpine species for the garden. ... Learn More

A most unusual and impressively tall plant with hairy racemes of unreal-looking, densely packed, orchid-like brownish blue-purple flowers, from a large basal leaf rosette of attractive, shiny, and marbled star-shaped leaves. This biennial species is easily grown in any rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot where it readily self-sows under good conditions. aka "Stavesacre" ... Learn More

MUCH LARGER SEED THAN REQUIENII The flowers are mauve-blue to blue, short-spurred, and up to 1 inch (2.5 cm) across. It grows throughout the Mediterranean The use of herbal preparations made from D. staphisagria seeds for destroying body-lice has been recognized since antiquity. The plant name refers to the resemblance of the leaves to a grape or 'wild raisin' It is interesting that even under bad conditions, seeds have their characteristically large size. The thick-skinned inflated seed pods contain just two or three seeds. The average size for the long axis of 32 seeds was 6.2 mm and the average width across the seeds was 5.2 mm. The seeds are angular with flat facets and a rough, ridged dark brown skin. The seed yield from this species is consequently much smaller than from D. requienii, which produces 35+ smaller seeds per floret. The plants die once the seed has ripened. ... Learn More