Perennials > Delphinium > Delphinium tatsienense > Delphinium tatsienense
Delphinium tatsienense
Kang Ding Cui Que Hua, (Chinese)
Origin: Native to China in south east Qinghai, western Sichuan and northern Yunnan provinces.
| Family |
| Ranunculaceae |
| Genus |
| Delphinium |
| Species |
| tatsienense |
| Category |
| Perennials |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 3a - 8b |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 5 |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H4 - H7 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -10 - (-20) |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 14 - (-4) |
| Height |
| 15 - 30 cm |
| Spread |
| 15 - 22 cm |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| Rock, cottage/informal gardens, beds and borders. |
| Cultivation |
| Full sun and partial-shade. Moist but well-drained soil with a pH of 6.1 - 7.8 (mildly acidic, neutral and alkaline). Prefers loamy, sandy and chalky soils. |
| Shape |
| Upright, clump-forming and branching. |
| Growth |
| Fast |
| Pests |
| Caterpillars, slugs, snails and leaf-mining sawflies. Black blotch of Delphinium, crown rot and powdery mildew. |
| Habitat |
| Grassy slopes and alpine meadows. |
| Leaf Description |
| Deeply fine cut leaves with toothed margins. |
| Flower Description |
| Stems branching with lose spikes of flowers on long peduncles. 1.5 3 cm long (spur longer than sepals). |
| Colour Description |
| Flowers are blue to mauve in colour with the upper petals having a yellowish tint. The foliage is dark green in colour. |
| Notable Specimens |
| The University of Alberta Botanic Garden, Devon, Alberta, Canada. |
| Propagation |
| Seed. Direct sow outdoors in autumn. Winter sow in vented containers, cold frame or unheated greenhouse. Stratify if sowing indoors. |
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