General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Plant Height: 12 - 18 inches
Plant Spread: 8 - 12 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds
Depth to plant seed: 1/4 inch
Suitable for wintersowing
Other info: Seeds do not keep well; best collected fresh

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Common names
  • Dwarf Larkspur
  • Spring Larkspur

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Location: Kentucky
Location: Kentucky
Date: 2018-05-05
Location: Kentucky
Location: McEwen TN
Location:  Kentucky
Date: 2018-05-05
Location: Kentucky
Date: 2018-05-05
Location: St Louis
Date: 2016-04-18
Location: Near the town of Leon, IA
Date: 2010-05-26
Location: McEwen TN
Date: 2017-05-06
Garden grown specimen
Location: Kentucky
Date: 2018-05-05
Location: Kentucky
Date: 2018-05-05
The only pink larkspur I've seen in this area
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2015-04-26
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2015-04-26
Location: St Louis
Date: 2016-04-15
Location: Oak woodland in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-17
Uploaded by SongofJoy

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy
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