{"id":265,"date":"2017-01-02T08:01:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T08:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=265"},"modified":"2016-12-31T10:57:20","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T10:57:20","slug":"delphinium-spires-to-aspire-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/delphinium-spires-to-aspire-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Delphinium Spires to Aspire too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/delphinium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-266\" title=\"delphinium\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/delphinium-277x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/delphinium-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/delphinium.jpg 1401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Flower spikes can reach over 6 foot and when massed together at the back of the border look really special. Delphinium are worth the effort to grow successfully and here are some tips to help.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sow seed of Delphinium elatum types in preference to pacific hybrids or buy plant in spring prior to the showing the flowering stem.<\/li>\n<li>Add plenty of compost and water well in spring and during flowering<\/li>\n<li>Plant near walls or hedges to protect from wind but stake the plants as well to at least two thirds the eventual height tying in the flowers as they grow.<\/li>\n<li>Snails and slugs like the jucy foliage so use your favourite slug protection system<\/li>\n<li>On established plants remove less vigorous shoots to leave 4-6 strong stems. Use these as cuttings.<\/li>\n<li>Feed with a slow release fertiliser such as bone meal<\/li>\n<li>Cut flowers off as they fade under the lowest flower then when a new stalk is a foot tall cut out the old stalk and you may get a second autumn flowering<\/li>\n<li>Mulch with &#8216;Strulch&#8217; the organic straw based mulch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Delphinium range to try<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>D. belladonna varieties are bush with branching stems.\u00c2\u00a0 Volkerfrieden is strong blue whilst Cliveden is pale blue.<\/li>\n<li>D elatum are currently popular including Black Knight a violet, Black Arrow near black, Sand Piper cream &amp; white, or Sunglance a yellow.<\/li>\n<li>Statuesque Pacific hybrids are amongst the tallest and showest needing a bit more staking and care. try D. Galahad a white with black eye<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A National Collection of Delphiniums of over 150 varieties is held at Rougham Hall Nurseries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flower spikes can reach over 6 foot and when massed together at the back of the border look really special. Delphinium are worth the effort to grow successfully and here are some tips to help. Sow seed of Delphinium elatum types in preference to pacific hybrids or buy plant in spring prior to the showing the flowering stem. Add plenty of compost and water well in spring and during flowering Plant near walls or hedges to protect from wind but&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/delphinium-spires-to-aspire-too\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers","category-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}