| Description | Blue Cloud Larkspur is an heirloom annual. It has many-branching wiry stems dotted with cobalt blue flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (kon-SAL-ih-da) |
| Plant Type | Annuals |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average well drained, never soggy wet |
| Temperature | It may die out in hot weather; light frost is not a problem |
| Flowers | Marine blue flowers are small and spurred on many branches. They are suitable for cutting or fresh flowers and have blue sepals. Petals or sepals are fused into a tube Borne on much branch short racemes, |
| Dimensions | 2-3 feet tall |
| Maintenance | Will self-seed, deadheading to increase the length of bloom. |
| Propagation | Seeds need cold stratification or planted in situ in the garden in the fall, and seeds are poisonous |
| Misc Facts | This larkspur is synonymous with and formerly known as Consolida ambigua. It was once included in the genus Delphinium. |
| Notes & Reference | #51-Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials (Alan Armitage), #76-Annuals for Every Purpose (Larry Hodgson), #174-Delphiniums (David and Shirley Basset), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens website (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org), #286- A Plantsman's Guide to Delphiniums (Leslie Cooper) |
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