The best varieties of perennial delphinium

In the middle of summer, gardens and flower beds bloom in a variety of colors and shades. Tall delphinium stems covered with small flowers stand out from afar against the background of carnations, salvia, phlox.

They, like candles, stand in the middle of a flower bed, attracting attention with their wide color palette.

Types and varieties of delphinium

A beautiful flower - perennial delphinium - can grow in height up to 2-2.5 meters, the length of the inflorescence reaches a meter. The variety of varieties is simply amazing - more than 400 varieties of delphinium are found in Europe, Asia, North America, more than 100 are known in Russia.

The wide range of colors made the flowering plant so popular with gardeners and landscape designers - blue, blue, purple, white and pink varieties adorn the flower gardens of private florists and city parks.

Not all varieties of delphinium are used in landscape design.

The most popular are:
Delphinium Leroy is a thermophilic flower with a scent reminiscent of vanilla. It grows up to 1.5 meters and pleases those around it with snow-white, slightly greenish flowers.

Terry is a blue-purple type of delphinium that blooms from May to August, it can often be found in flower beds.

Rarely - low, in comparison with other varieties, the plant is up to 75 cm high, its homeland is the Altai Territory.

Holosteel is another undersized representative of the delphinium species - its red-orange inflorescences adorn flower beds by mid-summer.

It is recommended to bring heat-loving varieties into the warmth for the winter, therefore they are grown in pots.

Delphinium Bruno - more often found in warm regions - in India, Afghanistan, Tibet. If it is grown in the middle lane, then it must be covered for the winter. The buds are similar to Pansies, they are blue-purple in color.

Delphinium blue is a low-growing variety with blue flowers and a dark core, which loves warmth, so it must be removed to a warm room for the winter. If grown from seeds, then it will bloom only in the second year.

The original species of delphinium is labiate. Its flowers are blue-green on one side, and gray-gray on the other.

Belladonna is the only delphinium hybrid, which instead of sticking out "candles" inflorescences - hanging "panicles".

The variety of types and colors of the perennial delphinium, as you can see for yourself by looking at the photo, is striking, it is impossible to dwell on any one - experienced florists and landscape designers recommend choosing several types for a flower garden.

Planting and caring for a delphinium

Perennial Delphinium is a soil-demanding culture. Therefore, choose an open, well-ventilated area with fertile, loamy soil for planting. When planting in the fall, add dolomite flour to the soil, slaked lime - per 1 sq. meter - 100 g. You can add peat, manure.

Delphinium loves the sun, but not open sun rays - it is better to plant it in partial shade.

The planting site, as mentioned, should be ventilated, but not open to all winds - thin hollow stems can break.

Knowing the rules and time, how and when to plant a perennial delphinium, you can get a beautiful flower garden for several years, because it is possible and even recommended not to transplant it for 8-10 years: he does not like a flower when he is often disturbed.

Seeds are sown immediately after ripening, in the fall - in October-November, immediately in open ground or in seed boxes. This is a winter landing.

In the spring, the sprouts dive 3-4 pieces in a hole, and later they are thinned so that the distance between the plants is at least 20-30 cm.

If the autumn planting for some reason was impossible, you can plant the seeds of the perennial delphinium in the spring, after preliminary stratification - keeping at low temperatures (3-50C) for 2 weeks.

In this case, the seeds are sown for seedlings in February-March, without deeply burying them in the ground. As a soil, you can use a universal peat-based soil.

The resulting seedlings of a perennial delphinium must be dived carefully so as not to damage the roots and tonic hollow stems.

Delphinium care involves abundant watering - 2-3 buckets under each bush, if the weather is dry.

Loves plant feeding. In the spring, organic fertilizers are added under the bushes, after 1.5 months mineral fertilizers are added, for example, Kemir Universal.

When the buds appear, you need to spray the bushes with a superphosphate solution. The plant will bloom more actively if it is watered from time to time with a solution of boric acid (2 g per bucket of water).

As a prophylaxis for diseases with powdery mildew, fungi, viruses during the period of budding, spray the bushes with fungicides.

Thinning and pruning

After the flowers have fallen, the perennial delphinium is prepared for winter. All shoots are cut very low from the ground, "stumps" are spud and covered with earth so that water does not get into the hollow stems.

In the second year of flowering, the delphinium bush gives new shoots, and they must be removed, otherwise the flowering will not be dense. Weaker stems are cut, leaving 20-25 cm. It is recommended to leave no more than 5 shoots on the bush.

Reproduction of delphinium

We have already talked about growing from seeds. In addition, delphinium can be propagated by division, cuttings.

When dividing the bush in mid-April. You need to cut off the processes with a very sharp instrument so as not to damage. They are planted in holes 40 * 40 cm at a distance of half a meter from each other.

Before planting, add compost (1-2 buckets), superphosphate, potash fertilizers (1 tbsp. Spoon), wood ash (1 glass) to the pit. The root collar is buried 2-3 cm.

Cuttings are carried out from young plants - they take shoots 5-8 cm, cut them off at the rhizome itself, and process them with Kornevin.

Before rooting, the cuttings should be kept warm, providing partial shade and ventilation. After 2 weeks, complex feeding is carried out, and by the end of summer, the cuttings root perfectly.

Perennial delphinium flowers are often used in landscape designs - they bloom when irises, peonies have faded, and attract attention with lush multi-colored caps.

They are not capricious to neighbors, so they are planted together with other flowers - daisies, astilba, creating multi-color compositions in parks and gardens.

Photo of a perennial delphinium

Delphiniums are rightfully ranked not only among the most spectacular flowering garden perennials, but also among the most representative plants in terms of varietal palette. Among the breeding forms of this plant, there are both novelties with a sensational color and size, as well as old varieties that do not differ in the massiveness of the inflorescences. But not all plants can boast of a set of all qualities so valued in delphiniums. After all, it is not so rare that the bushes simply fall apart, require constant rejuvenation, are overly sensitive to powdery mildew and are not able to bloom again. In order not to be disappointed in your favorite perennial and to admire the beauty of long candles from the beginning of summer to the end of the season, choose the varieties carefully.

Delphiniums

A reliable result can be easily ensured by exclusive hybrids and varieties that are rightfully considered the best:

Delphinium Ballkleid

A medium-sized and surprisingly resistant variety with a classic pale blue color, capable of demonstrating all the luxury of blue accents in the composition - this is the Bolklade delphinium, bred by Karl Forster. This cultivar is an improved hybrid from the Belladonna group.

Reaching a height of 120 cm, it stands out for its dense, very lush and dense foliage with unusually bright colors for delphiniums. The shoots of this variety are powerful, strong, slender, majestically rise above the beautiful foliage, the bushes perfectly retain their shape and do not fall apart even in places with an active wind environment. Delphinium shoots are crowned with tall and transparent, somewhat elongated and loose brushes, in which each flower of an elegant shape is clearly visible.

Delphinium Ballkleid

Flowers up to 2 cm in diameter in fairly narrow inflorescences are painted in pale blue, light and, as if porcelain, decorated with a small light eye. This hybrid blooms throughout June and July, abundantly, and after carrying out elementary pruning of peduncles, it re-releases luxurious candles in September. It is considered one of the most hardy and disease-resistant varieties of delphinium.

Delphinium Atlantis

It is very similar in all characteristics to the previous variety - only slightly lower delphinium "Atlantis". They are often called twin hybrids, because they are strikingly similar in terms of flowering, and in durability, and in the stability of the bushes, which always retain their density and integrity. But "Atlantis" also has unique features.

This delphinium is rightfully considered one of the rare in color. The ultramarine blue color, trusted to the absolute and surprisingly luxurious, despite the presence of almost indistinguishable shades and "erosion" on the flowers, is a unique sight in its purity. "Atlantis" is more squat, its height only approaches 1 m. But the number and size of inflorescences make it one of the most striking plants in the Forster collection. Elongated, long and delicate-transparent clusters of inflorescences seem weightless, and the dark, cold and rich color instantly attracts attention to them. Lush, dark greens in dense sods only reinforce the reputation of a reliable, brightly flowering variety.

Delphinium Atlantis

Delphinium Piccolo

Despite the rather short panicles of inflorescences, the imposing spur "Piccolo" is ranked among the most abundant delphiniums of the Belladonna group. It is a medium-sized variety about 1 m or less in height with strikingly airy, multi-blooming inflorescences, the number of which on the bush creates a massive effect.

This is a special variety of low delphiniums. Cup-shaped flowers are very beautiful in and of themselves, they sit on unusually long and thin pedicels of the ascending type, due to which the clusters of inflorescences are originally loose, delicate, rather branched at the bottom. However, this Italian variety became famous not only for its absolutely pure sky-blue color and playful miniature white eye on each flower.

Delphinium Piccolo

Piccolo is distinguished by its ability to regrow very late. The first wave of flowering usually falls in June, while the last, with favorable weather, begins only in October. This view seems to be crowning the final touches of autumn flower beds. Despite the abundance of flowering, "Piccolo" has practically no drawbacks in terms of care requirements, and the ability to bloom tirelessly from year to year.

Delphinium Berghimmel

The most reliable and durable high delphinium variety. The peduncles of this aristocrat rise to a height of at least 180 cm, although most often they exceed 2 m. Their beauty and splendor brought the variety the title of an elite representative of the Elatus delphiniums, the real pride of the Forster collection.

Delphinium Berghimmel

This garden giant blooms at the classic time, in early and mid-summer for the first time and no less luxuriantly in September and October after pruning. Simple, but very beautiful and bright due to the white eyes, blue flowers reach 5 cm in diameter and are collected in practically non-tapering panicles of at least 20 pieces. Despite the height and power of flowering, the bush never loses its integrity.

Choosing plants for designer planting in flower beds of summer cottages and parks, gardeners often stop at the delphinium.

It is distinguished by unpretentiousness in care and external beauty, which will allow you to grow a delphinium in a variety of conditions.

A bit of history

Delphinium is also called larkspur and larkspur. The latter is often found in colloquial speech. There are several versions of the appearance of such a name.

Some scientists talk about the similarity of an unblown flower to a dolphin, others note that in ancient Greece, a huge number of delphiniums were found in the city of Delphi, where the temple of Apollo of Delphi was located and the Delphic oracle lived. In Russia, the word "spur" comes from the similarity of the appendage outgrowth with a cavalry spur.

The name Larkspur refers to the plant's significance in folk medicine: the tincture of the flower was used to heal wounds.

Interesting: in Russia the name "delphinium" is usually used in fiction.

In total, about 450 species are known, of which 100 species grow in Russia, among them the most popular are perennial larkspur and annual field larkspur. The flower is common in the northern countries and the African tropics; many species grow in Asia, mainly in China.

It is worth noting that the indicated number of species is not accurate: due to the huge number of varieties and the difficulty in identifying common characteristics, some authors identify up to 1.2 thousand flower varieties. Other species are so few in number that they are endangered.

general information

Delphinium belongs to the Buttercup family. Its sizes are very diverse: some dwarf varieties do not grow more than 10 cm, other giant species reach 2.5-3 meters.

The stem is hollow inside, the leaves are large, dark green, sharp at the ends. The flowers consist of 5 petals, one of which has the above thorn. The petals can grow in one or several rows, they are simple and double.

The inflorescence itself consists of several dozen flowers: in primitive species, the number does not exceed 15 pieces, in more developed ones it reaches 80 pieces. In this case, the length of the inflorescence can reach a meter in length. Thanks to the heavy brushes, in which small flowers are collected, the burgundy looks very beautiful and noble.

The color variety of the delphinium is especially worth noting: despite the fact that blue and blue shades are most often found in nature, purple, lilac, white and even pink, red or black flowers can be seen in the gardens. You can see the variety of species and choose the most suitable option in the photo.

In the wild, the delphinium mainly grows in the mountains and easily tolerates low, down to -20 degrees, temperatures. Other varieties, on the other hand, are heat-resistant and not demanding on dryness. Cultivars have all the advantages of wild "brethren".

Application

Basically, the spur is used in ornamental gardening: the Royal Horticultural Society has been breeding it since the 17th century. Also, some varieties were used as dyes.

Some species have also proven themselves in medicine as pain relievers and antimicrobial agents. They are also used as relaxants to increase muscle tone in nervous diseases: Parkinson's disease, traumatic paralysis, multiple sclerosis.

It's important to know: it must be remembered that spur is a poisonous plant that in no case should be used on its own.

In folk recipes, the flower is used for female, genitourinary or sexually transmitted diseases, digestive diseases, enlarged liver, jaundice, inflammation or pus of the eye.

Popular types

Delphinium Leroy

There are annual and perennial varieties, but most gardeners prefer the latter, as they do not require an annual "update". Among the most demanded, it is worth noting spurs with unusual flower colors:

1. Delphinium "Leroya"... It is a thermophilic plant with a sweetish odor and a greenish tint.
2. Delphinium "Astolat"... It has large double and semi-double pink flowers.
3. Terry delphinium... Blooms from late spring to late summer. Through selection, black, red and yellow shades can be found.
4. Kashmir delphinium... It has purple flowers with a black core.
5. Delphinium "King Arthur"... Owner of dark blue flowers with a white center.
6. Lipo delphinium... A plant of an unusual color: its petals are blue-green and gray shades.
7. Delphinium "Bruno"... It has blue-violet petals, but does not tolerate frost well.
8. Holosteel delphinium... Low, no more than a meter in height, a variety that has red-orange flowers. It is extremely thermophilic, it is best to grow it in pots and clean it for the winter in a warm place.

It is also worth noting the varieties "Waltz", "Ocean" and "Butterfly", a hybrid of "Belladonna", giant "Summer Sky", "Blue Lace", snow-white "Galahad", light pink "Caroline". Their descriptions are easy to find on the sites of garden centers.

Delphinium Naples

Low-growing varieties are no less popular:

1. "Naples"... Plant height up to 1.2 meters with large purple flowers;
2. Blue delphinium... Low, up to a meter, plant, which is best grown in pots. The flowers have a deep blue hue with a black center. It is extremely thermophilic, it is necessary to clean it for the winter;
3. Rare Delphinium... It grows up to 75 cm, blooms in the second half of summer, flowers are quite rare;
4. Short-spur delphinium... It is a frost-resistant plant up to 30 cm high. Distributed in Alaska, the Arctic and northern Russia.

It is worth noting the pyramidal delphinium - due to its unpretentiousness, the variety is extremely popular and widespread. It tolerates up to 20 degrees of frost, and its roots are able to take root even on poor rocky soils. Flowering occurs from July to September. Delphinium "Sweethearts" is no less in demand, as well as all New Zealand varieties with excellent health and unpretentiousness.

Landing

Despite the unpretentiousness, it is best to plant the flower in neutral, fertile soil. Acidic soil will not work: if the selected site is like this, it is worth adding a little lime or dolomite flour in the fall to remove excess acid. It will also be helpful to add manure or peat.

Spurs love warmth and sunlight, but a problem with the wind can arise: because of the thin leaves, the plant can break with strong gusts. You will need to tie up the stems or plant them next to the shelter.

Note: trees and bushes will not work as a shelter - they will pull all the nutrients, which will negatively affect the growth of the delphinium.

In the fall, it is necessary to dig up the soil and fertilize it with mineral fertilizers. Planting sprouts must be done in April-May, when frosts have passed. If the choice fell on frost-resistant varieties, they can be planted earlier. Usually sprouts with several leaves are planted in open ground.

Consider the procedure for planting a delphinium in open ground:

1. It is necessary to dig a hole in the ground with a depth and diameter of about 40-50 cm, the distance between the holes should be about 60-70 cm;
2. You need to mix half a bucket of compost, 2 tablespoons of complex fertilizer and a glass of ash with earth and fill the hole completely;
3. In the resulting soil, you need to make a small depression, plant a seedling in it and tamp the earth, then water.

If the seedlings are small and weak, cover them with the cut tops of plastic bottles with the caps removed. This will help create a greenhouse effect. After 2-3 weeks, when the delphinium takes root and begins to grow, the bottles are removed.

Basic care

Despite the fact that the spur is not particularly whimsical, it requires compliance with certain conditions that will allow you to get an excellent result:

1. Delphinium requires regular but moderate watering 1-2 times a week, 2-3 buckets of water per adult plant. If the summer is rainy, watering can be eliminated altogether.
2. Delphinium will require 3 feeding per summer. At the end of April, nitrogen-containing fertilizers are needed, for example, a solution of a bucket of cow dung in 10 buckets of water - this will help to enhance growth and development. In early summer, when buds begin to appear, potash and phosphorus fertilizers with a small amount of nitrogen will be required. The last time feeding is necessary after the flowers have fallen off. It is necessary to use potash and phosphorus mixtures without nitrogen content - this will help to achieve seed ripening.
3. It is necessary to thin out the delphinium when the plant reaches 20-30 cm. 3-5 stems are left on one bush, removing the rest. This will form a beautiful large-flowered hat. The excess is cut off near the ground itself.

Gardener tip: timely thinning will not only improve the appearance of the bush, but also help remove infected or weak areas.

4. In order for the delphinium not to break, it is necessary to put a support for it: it is installed when the flower reaches half a meter in height. It is bandaged after reaching a height of one meter. The height of the support should exceed the flower itself and be no shorter than 1.8-2 meters.
5. If the seeds are not needed, after the end of flowering, it is worth cutting off the stems at a height of about 30 cm, without waiting for the seeds to form. After pruning, so that water does not get into the hollow stems, the cut is smeared with clay. You can also leave the delphinium without pruning and just collect the seeds.

Wintering

The spur is a frost-hardy plant and can easily survive mild winters without much tweaks.

Before the start of the autumn rains, the cut should be lubricated with clay so that the water that gets in does not cause rot.

For the winter, the beds should be covered with spruce branches or straw. It is much more dangerous for a plant to change temperatures and melt snow, since the rhizomes may suffer.

To avoid this, before planting in the hole, it is worth adding sand or broken stone: this will help remove excess moisture.

Small plants planted in pots can be brought into a cool room protected from snow.

Reproduction

You can grow a flower in different ways:

1. With the help of seeds. After harvesting, the seeds retain excellent germination properties for 4 years, but after that they are practically useless. Before planting, place the seeds in a cold place for several weeks, for example, in the vegetable section of the refrigerator, to help harden the seeds. Then I plant them in a container using standard peat soil. The seeds of the delphinium do not need to be deeply buried, it is enough to lightly sprinkle them with earth and water them with a spray bottle. It is necessary to put glass on the container to create a greenhouse effect.

After a few days, when the seeds have germinated and sprouts appear, they can be thinned out. In early May, they can be planted outdoors.

2. By division. It is carried out after the second flowering. In the fall, after pruning, the bush is carefully dug up and divided into 2 parts, the places of the cuts are sprinkled with ash or coal and buried again at a distance from each other.
3. With the help of cuttings. The procedure has its own subtleties and is mainly carried out in mid-spring or autumn, when the delphinium is not blooming. To do this, cut off a part of the cutting (about 15 cm) with a piece of root (about 2-3 cm) with a sharp tool.It is transplanted into a separate pit or tub and watered abundantly until the spur takes root.

Good to know: after dividing, the flower can weaken and get sick, and bacteria can penetrate through the cut - for this, it is recommended to sprinkle the cut site with crushed coal.

The latter option is the most preferable for several reasons:

1. As part of a bush, the stalk is accustomed to the terrain and adapts more easily to it;
2. The main bush practically does not suffer from division, if you protect it from infection;
3. In this way, you can easily grow a delphinium in one place, constantly updating the bushes.

In order for reproduction to go smoothly, it is worth watching a video on how this is done in advance.

Diseases and pests

Any problem is easier to prevent than to cure. The delphinium has few enemies, and timely care and prevention will help get rid of them. Among the enemies, plants stand out:

1. Fungal diseases: powdery mildew and leaf ramularia. To prevent it, it is necessary to monitor the absence of excess water and carry out spraying.

2. Bacteriological diseases: black and ring spots. If infected leaves and branches are found, they must be removed immediately and sprayed onto the leaves.
3. Pests: among insects, aphids, delphinium fly and various caterpillars devouring leaves and seeds are especially harmful. To combat them, it is necessary to apply insecticides.

Despite some difficulties in care, delphinium remains quite popular and in demand in gardening. Due to its large and bright colors, spur is often found in the landscape of parks and summer cottages. Before buying seeds, you should look at the pictures in advance in order to choose the option you like the most.

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Delphinium perennial - a solid, monumental flower. There are not many competitors for him on the flower garden. Some species and hybrids of this flower easily reach two meters in height. But it is not attractive in terms of size. The charm of a lush and vibrant bloom is precisely what made the delphinium such a popular flower among amateur flower growers.

A little about the plant

Delphiniums are found both annual and perennial. The indisputable advantage, of course, belongs to perennial species, which does not diminish the dignity of their one-year relatives. It belongs to the buttercup family and in nature has about 450 species. Along with the name "Delphinium" are used - "Larkspur" and "Spornik". The origin of the name is interpreted in two ways. According to one version, due to the similarity with the head and body of a dolphin, according to the second city by the name of Delphi, where this flower was very popular and popular. For cultivation, mainly hybrids and cultivated species of delphinium are used. In our area, the most popular are "Mafinsky hybrids". These are the most frost-resistant flowers adapted to our conditions. Their significant drawback is that varietal characteristics are not preserved when propagated by seeds. In this regard, "Scottish Perennials" are good. With proper care, they too can survive our winter.

Note!

All parts of the delphinium are poisonous. The alkaloids contained in it have a depressing effect on the central nervous system, lead to gastrointestinal disorders, and negatively affect the cardiovascular system.

Delphinium perennial: growing from seeds

Unlike most garden flowers that can be easily propagated at home, growing a delphinium from seeds is not so easy. The main reason is ignorance of the basic rules and all the intricacies of growing this flower. Delphinium is grown mainly in seedlings.

Selection of seed material

When choosing delphinium seeds, you should definitely pay attention to the collection time and shelf life of the seeds. But even if the seeds are fresh, keep in mind that you should not pull with their planting.The fact is that at normal room temperature they are able to maintain germination for no more than one year. Although, when stored at subzero temperatures, the germination period of delphinium seeds increases many times (up to 10-15 years), it is impossible to determine how long and at what temperature they were stored by a retailer. Before planting, place them in the refrigerator, this will somewhat extend their germination period.

Preparing seeds for planting

It is necessary to sow delphinium seeds to obtain seedlings at the end of winter. Preliminarily, it is advisable to stratify them by keeping them in the cold (refrigerator) from two weeks to a month.

First of all, the seeds will need to undergo a decontamination procedure. This will protect them from many possible troubles. To do this, place them in a solution of any fungicide or a weak solution of potassium permanganate for 20-30 minutes. For convenience, delphinium seeds can be placed in a bag of gauze or other cloth and immersed in the solution.

After disinfection, the delphinium seeds are washed under running water and immersed in a stimulant solution. It can be "Epin", "Heteroauxin", "Kornevin" and the like. The soaking time is usually indicated in the instructions for the preparation. For delphinium seeds, it is better to increase it to 24 hours.

After the expiration of the soaking period, the seeds should be dried. This will make the sowing process easier.

Sowing delphinium seeds for seedlings

It is better to prepare the land for sowing yourself. It should be light, loose and nutritious. To do this, mix in equal parts leafy soil, compost and peat. Add half of the coarse, washed sand and some perlite (about one-sixth).

The easiest way is to sow seeds directly on the surface of the ground, spreading them evenly. Then sprinkle with a thin layer of earth (3-5 mm).

Watering the seeds after sowing is best done by spraying from a spray bottle. This will ensure an even distribution of moisture and avoid washing out or burying the seeds.

To create greenhouse conditions, cover the container with a cap or film.

Note!

It has been noticed that delphinium seeds germinate best in the dark and at a relatively low temperature, which is optimally + 10-15 degrees. To create such conditions, cover the container with any opaque material and place it on the windowsill close to the window glass.

During germination, periodically check the condition of the soil and, if necessary, moisten it. When shoots appear, remove the cap and move the container with delphinium seedlings to a warmer (up to +20 degrees) and lighted place, but without direct sunlight.

Delphinium seedling care

In the future, it will not differ from growing seedlings of most flowers and vegetables, and will mainly consist in periodic watering. When a couple of real leaves appear on the sprouts, you can start diving. To do this, you can use disposable 100-gram cups or small plastic pots with a diameter of 7-9 mm. The soil can be used the same as for sowing seeds. It is desirable to grow delphinium seedlings at the same 20-degree temperature.

Attention!

Beware of over-watering, this often causes negative consequences (for example, the formation of a "black leg").

When it gets warm enough outside, the delphinium seedlings should be hardened, accustomed to open air conditions.

Planting a delphinium in open ground

Choosing a landing site

Delphinium prefers open places with good lighting, but due to constant exposure to direct sunlight, there is a danger that bright flowers may fade. It should also be borne in mind that the delphinium plant is tall and a strong wind can break it.Therefore, when choosing a place to plant a delphinium, try to protect it from the scorching midday sun and strong winds. It is not recommended to choose low-lying places where moisture will stagnate.

Landing

The delphinium planting scheme will depend on the size of the variety you choose. In group plantings, the distance between plants is usually 35 to 50 centimeters. If the soil in the selected area is poor, then it should be improved by adding greenhouse soil or a mixture of soil with compost to each planting hole. It is also advisable to add a handful of wood ash or ash. This will not only enrich the soil, but also prevent the development of some diseases.

For better survival of the seedlings, it is advisable to cover each of them with a glass jar or a cut plastic bottle. After a few days, when the delphinium seedlings are sufficiently rooted and start growing, the covers can be removed.

Delphinium care

One of the most important conditions for care is the thinning of the delphinium bush. If you leave an excessive number of shoots, then the inflorescences will turn out to be small and ugly. It is recommended to leave no more than five shoots, choosing the most developed and strong ones. Thinning can begin at the stage when the plant grows up to 30 centimeters.

Be sure to take care of the support for the plants.

Special attention should be paid to watering the delphinium. This especially applies to the period of formation of delphinium inflorescences. During this period, watering should be combined with fertilizing with phosphorus or potassium-phosphorus fertilizers. Watering throughout the season should be regular and abundant, especially if the summer is dry. The optimal water consumption for each bush is 2-3 buckets. Loosen the soil around the plants after watering.

Important!

When watering a delphinium, avoid getting water on its leaves, which can provoke various fungal diseases.

For better flowering of the delphinium, experienced flower growers recommend watering it with a boric acid solution several times during the season (1 gram per 5 liters of water).

Reproduction of the delphinium by Dividing the bush

This is the easiest way to reproduce. Bushes aged 3-4 years are most suitable for this. It is best to divide the delphinium bush in the spring, at the stage of leaf regrowth. But you can do this in the fall, although it is somewhat more difficult to determine the appropriate time for this. The extracted rhizome of the delphinium is carefully divided so that each division has at least one shoot, one dormant bud and a large number of roots.

Note! When planting, deepen the root collar of the seedling no more than 2-3 centimeters.

In most cases, the delphinium, propagated by dividing the bush, blooms already this year.

Propagation by cuttings

Delphinium cuttings are carried out in the spring, when young shoots grow. When the shoot reaches a height of 10 centimeters, it is cut off at the very root with a small part of it, the “root heel”. For rooting delphinium cuttings, it is best to use a light soil made of equal parts of peat and coarse sand. The stalk is planted in it, deepening the "root heel" by no more than 2 centimeters. The optimum temperature for rooting is + 20-25 degrees. Do not place a container with a delphinium stalk in an overly lit place. Find a slightly shaded area. Cover the stalk with a glass or plastic cap.

After a couple of weeks, callus forms on the cuttings and the formation of rhizomes begins. The whole process takes 4-5 weeks.

Diseases and pests

Powdery mildew is the main enemy of delphiniums. The greatest likelihood of the disease is at the end of summer. At this time, a whitish bloom may appear on the leaves, eventually acquiring a brown color.At the first signs of the disease, treat the plants with a fungicide (Fundazol, Fitosporin, Topaz).

The appearance of dark spots on the leaves of the delphinium is a sign of "black spot". It is very important to identify this disease at an early stage. Only then can you fight it. A neglected disease will be almost impossible to overcome. To combat, special drugs are used, but you can also treat it with a tetracycline solution (a tablet per liter of water). Repeat the treatment twice with an interval of 7-10 days.

This plant also has a personal enemy - "Delphinium Fly". This pest lays eggs on the leaves of the plant. If found, treat the plant with an insecticide. They love delphinium and slugs. They will have to be collected manually or set up special traps.

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