Delphinium
Common names: delphinium, larkspur.
Delphinium is a genus of about 250 species of annual, biennial or perennial flowering
plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native throughout the Northern Hemisphere
and also on some high mountains of tropical Africa.
The common name, shared with its closely related genus Consolida, is Larkspur.
Many species of this flower are cultivated as garden plants, with numerous cultivars having been
selected for their denser, more prominent flowers.
Delphiniums provide some of the best cut flowers with a color range including
blue, lavender, purple, pink, salmon, rose, red, white, also some bi-colored flower types.
Flowers grow along spikes with stems that are 1 to 6 feet long.
Flowers are either single or double, foliage is medium green and leafy.
Vase life as a cut flower ranges from four to 12 days. |
Statice
Common names: statice, limonium, English statice, German statice, seafoam statice,
latifolia.
Sea-lavender (also Sea Lavender, Sealavender) or Statice is a genus Limonium of
flowering plants with about 120 species.
This genus was formerly often known as Statice.
These cut flowers are available in several varieties, they are extemely popular with florists/flower arrangers.
English statice carries 1- to 2-inch clusters of calyxes, each about 1/2 inch
across.
Flower stems are 1 to 1 1/2 feet long.
Seafoam statices have smaller calyxes, arched clusters, smooth stems with no foliage.
German statices have small gray bracts that arch backward.
English statice calyxes are yellow, white, purple, lavender or pink with tiny
white or yellow flowers inside.
Latifolia calyxes are white with blue-violet flowers. |
