| Scientific Name: | Delphinium (spp. & hybrids) |
| Common Name: | delphinium |
| Family Name: | Ranunculaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Flowering cut plant, Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Columnar |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Attract butterflies, Cut flower or foliage, Floristry, Perennial border, Summer interest, Tall background, Wild flower garden |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Sheltered |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Basal, Soft flexible, Palmate venation, Glabrous, Orbicular, Dentate, Incised, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Yellow, Blue, Pink, Red, Dark-red, Jun-Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Follicle, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Herbaceaous perennial with tuberous roots; leaves simple, alternate to basal, most palmately veined with 5-7 toothed lobes; flowers bilaterally symmetrical, petals usually 4-5, sepals showy and petal-like with the posterior one forming a spur. | |