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Delphinium 'elatum Strawberry Fair'

Tall towers of soft mulberry pink

Grown by Jack

Hereford

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Delphinium 'elatum Strawberry Fair' Perennial Bedding
Delphinium 'elatum Strawberry Fair' Perennial Bedding

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The highlights

  • Towering stems clustered with mulberry-rose pink blooms
  • Flowers from May to July
  • Deserves pride of place in a cottage garden border
  • RHS Plants for Pollinators

Description

  • An unusual pink delphinium in a subtle shade of mulberry-rose, Strawberry Fair's tall stems are packed with flowers which have a white 'bee' in the centre
  • Flowers from May to July
  • A tall hardy perennial with divided green leaves forming a neat and compact clump of foliage
  • This lovely tall traditional delphinium deserves a starring role in your cottage garden border, towereing over the other plants in groups of 3-5 or as single vertical accent plants
  • Grows up to 1.5m tall
  • Awarded RHS Plants for Pollinators status due to its attractiveness to bees

What To Expect

Supplied as:

Premium Plant in 3L Pot
3L Pot

Height on arrival:

Eventual height:

Eventual spread:

50cm
Spreads to around 50cm
50cm
Spreads to around 50cm

Time to first crop:

Flower colour:

Pink
Tall stems clustered with mulberry-rose pink blooms with a white centre
Pink
Tall stems clustered with mulberry-rose pink blooms with a white centre

Habit:

Bushy/upright
Flowers grow from bushy foliage on tall upright stems
Bushy/upright
Flowers grow from bushy foliage on tall upright stems

Hardiness:

Fully hardy
H5 - Hardy through most of the UK even in severe winters. May not withstand open or exposed sites.
Fully hardy
H5 - Hardy through most of the UK even in severe winters. May not withstand open or exposed sites.

Rootstock:

Spacing:

How To Grow

Good pest and disease resistance

Young plants may be at risk from slugs and snails - keep the area around the plant debris free and as dry as possible, especially at night as slugs and snails love damp conditions. You can use barriers such as crushed egg shells, grit or copper wire to surround the plant - these will prevent slugs and snails from reaching the leaves. To prevent powdery mildews, you should space apart the plants adequately to prevent overcrowding and tight, humid conditions. Water at the base into the soil, not on the leaves, and try to prevent the water splashing off the soil and onto the leaves.

Full sun

Plant where your delphiniums will enjoy 6-8 hours of sunlight daily in the growing season

Any fertile, well-drained soil

Plant in any fertile, well-drained soil. If your soil is particularly poor or clay heavy, add some garden compost with perlite to improve drainage.

Prune regularly

Deadhead regularly to remove old, spent blooms and encourage new ones to grow. In the autumn, cut down the old flower stems to the ground.

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Perennials born in Herefordshire, blooming in your garden

Our perennials start life in the rolling Herefordshire hills, where Jack and his team trial over 250 new varieties each year to bring you the best performing and most sustainable plants in the UK. With over forty years of excellence, it’s no surprise that they’ve won the HTA Plant Grower of the Year award two years running.

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