Common names:
Rocket Larkspur
Larkspur

Botanical names:
Consolida ajcisaAccepted
Consolida auambigSynonym

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle:Biennial
Sun Requirements:Full Shade
Water Preferences:Dry
Soil pH Preferences:Very strongly acid (4.5 – 5.0)
Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Minimum cold hardiness:Zone 6b -20.6 °C (-5 °F) to -17.8 °C (0 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:Zone 10a
Fruit:Pops open explosively when ripe
Flowers:Fragrant
Flower Time:Late spring or early summer
Summer
Inflorescence Type:Corymb
Underground structures:Rhizome
Uses:Water gardens
Wildlife Attractant:Bees
Butterflies
Toxicity:Roots are poisonous: sdeSe
Other
Propagation: Seeds:Needs specific temperature
Start indoors
Pollinators:Hoverflies
Bats
Cleistogamous
Conservation status:Extinct (EX)

Rocket Larkspur (mixed colors). Sow seeds in Fall 2020

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