Why Do Homeowners Say Delphiniums Are Difficult?
Don’t let anyone tell you that delphiniums are hard to grow. After having grown some 15,000 delphiniums over the past seven years, I believe that if you can grow iris,
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How To Grow Delphinium Hybrids
Delphiniums can easily be grown from seeds that can be sown practically any time of the year, according to the climatic conditions, equipment available, or desired flowering time. Under California
Grow Delphiniums From Cuttings Insure Your Best Plants
How many have had a gorgeous delphinium bloom take first prize, and maybe “Best Spike in the Show,” and have prided themselves that they had a beautiful plant only to
What Are Double Duty Flowers?
Have you ever thought of planting flowers that will supply a profusion of bloom for winter as well as summer? It’s easy – if you choose the kinds of flowers
Pint-Size Dwarf Delphiniums Really Are Dwarfs
Dwarf delphiniums entered my life quite by accident. But, pint-size though they are, they remain in my garden year after year by plan! When I ordered that first hatch of
Hybridizing Delphiniums: A Hybridizer Must Be Flexible
One thing a hybridizer must be is flexible. About thirty years ago, when starting my delphinium breeding, my idea was to follow the English method of selecting individual seedlings, which
Delphiniums Are Demanding Beauties: But So Worth It!
For two months out of the year, December and January, my delphiniums let me rest. The remainder of the time, they keep me busy. Mostly Pacific hybrids bloom their last