Larkspur
Larkspur
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Consolida ambigua
Rocket, Bunny-faced Larkspur
1.5
–
2 feet
0.5
–
1 foot
Asia
Full Sun
Part Sun/Shade
Low
Flowering
Birds
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About This Plant
Sun. A cool-season annual, blooming in April, with delicate, deeply lobed leaves and pink, white, and blue flowers; watch for the bunny-faced variety. It reseeds freely and grows swiftly in the winter garden providing an explosion of color around Easter. By May it is usually spent.
Invasive, but a classic old-fashioned garden plant. Don’t use it if you’re trying to grow native wildflowers, it can quickly overwhelm them.
Maintenance
Grows very quickly in the winter garden and self-sows freely, so expect some effort to contain it and clean it up after it goes to seed in May.
Features
Plant Type:
Annuals
Size:
1.5-2' H, 0.5-1' W
Sunlight Requirements:
Full Sun, Part Sun/Shade
Soil Types:
Clay
Wildlife:
Birds, Butterflies
Flower Color:
Blue, Pink, White
Bloom Time:
April, May
Freeze Hardy:
Yes
Invasive:
Yes
Caution:
None
Coupon Eligible:
No
This plant goes well with
Melampodium leucanthum
Tagetes lemmonii
Gomphrena globosa
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