RE: Larkspur

I thought I had read that larkspur do not like to be transplanted, so I
have never tried that approach.  Maybe that is the source of the
problems you are having -- although I would think if the problem was in
the transplantation, the plants would die quickly thereafter, rather
than prospering before failing.
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From: Deb Fisher
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: Larkspur
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 1998 3:10PM

Someone else asked a question  about larkspur, which I'm looking forward
to
hearing the response to.  My question is a little different.  I love
larkspur in my garden, and would devote half of my limited space to it,
if
I had better luck with it!  I'm in Zone 5 - upstate NY.  I too am
curious
about putting seed out in the fall, or early spring, and seeing if that
works.  But I also start seeds indoors, they grew just fine, put them
out
in the spring, they grew just fine, started producing flowers just fine
(although never as lush as the photos!), and then they just start
withering
away.  This year, it seemed overnight they started withering at the
base,
looking quite blighted, and then poof! they're dead.  It sort of worked
it's way down the row, starting at one end, now almost gotten all of
them.
I'm not a newbie gardener, been doing this a while, and have great
success
with most everything else.  But, just can't seem to get a grip on
larkspur!
 I fertilize, water, etc.  Do they like neglect - like cosmos?  Do they
need a LOT of fertilizing, do they need a certain ph., etc...I'm
thinking
if I broadcast in the fall, maybe it will grow hardier stock, that can
withstand the summer without dying out so quickly.  Any thoughts would
be
appreciated.  Is it the brand perhaps.  I usually get my seeds from Park
Seeds.  Do Thomson & Morgan have better stock, or any others that have
better seeds?  I know with delphinium that the English delph seems to be
much lusher and hardier.  Is there a hardier brand of larkspur?  Sorry,
this message seems to have gotten quite long.  Thanks for reading it,
and
for any comments you might have.

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