Consolida regalis 'Fancy Purple Picotee'
larkspur
An elegant and eye-catching well-branched hardy annual, with ferny, palmate mid-green leaves, and spikes of pale purple blooms edged with...
approx 150 seeds
£3.79
available to order from summer
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Plant description
An elegant and eye-catching well-branched hardy annual, with ferny, palmate mid-green leaves, and spikes of pale purple blooms edged with a darker purple. 'Fancy Purple Picotee' is a beautiful and easy to grow larkspur for the border, providing colour throughout the summer as well as wonderful flowers for cutting which last a long time in water.
Eventual height & spread
Flowering period
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Plant features
Position
Full sun
Rate of growth
Fast-growing
Soil
Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Hardiness
Frost tender
How to care for Consolida regalis Fancy Purple Picotee:
Larkspur prefers a fertile, alkaline to neutral, well-drained soil in full sun. Choose a sheltered spot and stake well after planting. Apply a liquid feed every 2 weeks in the growing season. For best flower spikes thin shoots when 8cm (3in) tall to leave a minimum of 2-3 shoots. Deadhead by cutting spent flower spikes back to small flowering side shoots as this will encourage further blooms.
Sowing instructions:
Larkspur can benefit from a period of cold period to sowing - pop the packet into a fridge for a week before sowing onto the surface of moist, well-drained seed compost from February to June, or September to October under glass. Sow in small pots or seed trays and keep at a temperature of around 10-15°C. Germination should occur in 2-4 weeks. Transplant seedlings into a cell tray and grow on into smaller pots, hardening off and planting out when the risk of frost has passed. Larkspur can be directly sown into a well-prepared bed from late April.
