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Any plant of the genera Delphinium or Consolida
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In particular, a tall robust flowering plant with many purplish-blue flowers, Delphinium glaucum.
Examples of larkspurs in a Sentence
Some of the more popular annuals, hardy and half-hardy, have been very much varied as regards habit and the colour of the flowers, and purchases may be made in the seed shops of such things as China asters, stocks, Chinese and Indian pinks, larkspurs, phloxes and others, amongst which some of the most beautiful of the summer flowers may be found.
Perennial Larkspurs thrive in almost any situation or soil; they are easily increased, and are quite hardy.
D. chinense is distinct from other Larkspurs, and is neat and rather dwarf in growth, having finely cut feathery foliage, and freely producing spikes of large blossoms, usually of a rich blue-purple, but sometimes white.