The National Garden Bureau has declared 2016 the Year of the Delphinium. I absolutely adore these rich, blue, bell-shaped blooms and am thrilled that it has been chosen as the flower of 2016.
Delphinium, also known as larkspur, are stately spikes of eye-catching blossoms in astounding shades of blue. Because they are one of the few flowers that are naturally blue (in addition to iris and hydrangea) they are especially unique and eye-catching. The name is derived from the Greek word delphis (meaning dolphin) for its resemblance to the bottle nose of a dolphin.
Delphinium is native throughout the Northern Hemisphere; historically, it was used by Native Americans and European settlers to make blue dye, and across the pond it was the primary source for ink–seems like even the earliest humans couldn't resist delphinium's true-blue color.
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