Princess Caroline Larkspur

Ornamental Features:

Princess Caroline Larkspur features bold spikes of salmon flowers with rose tips rising above the foliage from early to mid summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It's deeply cut lobed leaves remain dark green in colour throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

Princess Caroline Larkspur is an herbaceous perennial with a rigidly upright and towering form. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.

This perennial will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and should be cut back in late fall in preparation for winter. It is a good choice for attracting butterflies, bees and hummingbirds to your yard. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

• Disease
• Insects

Princess Caroline Larkspur is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Mass Planting
• General Garden Use
• Container Planting

Plant Characteristics:

Princess Caroline Larkspur will grow to be about 18 inches tall at maturity extending to 30 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 12 inches. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.

This perennial should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This plant can be propagated by division.

This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.