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Description:

This attractive California native variety produces luminous scarlet trumpet flowers on tall airly spikes beginning in mid-spring; a perfect selection to light up containers and border areas

Ornamental Features

Beverly Hills Scarlet Delphinium features airy spikes of scarlet trumpet-shaped flowers with red overtones rising above the foliage from mid spring to early summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its lobed compound leaves remain grayish green in colour throughout the season.

Landscape Attributes

Beverly Hills Scarlet Delphinium is an herbaceous annual with a rigidly upright and towering form. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect.

This plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and should be cut back in late fall in preparation for winter. It is a good choice for attracting bees, butterflies and hummingbirds to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Beverly Hills Scarlet Delphinium is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Mass Planting
• Rock/Alpine Gardens
• Border Edging
• General Garden Use
• Container Planting

Planting & Growing

Beverly Hills Scarlet Delphinium will grow to be about 24 inches tall at maturity extending to 4 feet tall with the flowers, with a spread of 18 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 12 inches apart. Although it's not a true annual, this plant can be expected to behave as an annual in our climate if left outdoors over the winter, usually needing replacement the following year. As such, gardeners should take into consideration that it will perform differently than it would in its native habitat.

This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This is a selection of a native North American species.

Beverly Hills Scarlet Delphinium is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. With its upright habit of growth, it is best suited for use as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the center of the pot, surrounded by smaller plants and those that spill over the edges. It is even sizeable enough that it can be grown alone in a suitable container. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.