20 Most Beautiful Types of Delphinium Varieties

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Here are the best Types of Delphinium Varieties that you can grow in your home garden for a spectacular color display!

There are many Types of Delphinium Varieties that come in different colors. To help you pick the most gorgeous one, we have compiled a list of the best ones!

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Best Types of Delphinium Varieties

1. Blue Lace

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Botanical Name: Delphinium’ Blue Lace’
USDA Zones: 3-7
Delphinium Blue Lace sports deep blue petals and a pink center. It can grow up to 5-6 feet tall and attracts many pollinators. 

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2. Faust

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Botanical Name: Delphinium ‘Faust’
USDA Zones: 3-7
The Faust can be an attention-catcher in the garden with its blue blooms. It is a low-maintenance plant that looks best in cottage gardens. 

3. Galahad

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Botanical Name: Delphinium ‘Galahad’ 
USDA Zones: 3-8
The Galahad is the most elegant one on this list, with pure white flowers. It can grow 4-6 feet tall with matching dark green foliage. 

4. Black Knight

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Botanical Name: Delphinium elatum ‘Black Knight’
USDA Zones: 3-8
Black Knight is another beautiful variety having deep purple blooms with a small black center. This low-maintenance plant can grow up to 5-6 feet tall. 

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5. Highlander Bolero

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Botanical Name: Delphinium ‘Highlander Bolero’
USDA Zones: 3-7
Highlander Bolero grows stunning lavender blooms during summer. The unique flowers with a white center and dark blue fringes on the outside can add charm to any garden. 

6. Magic Fountain Lavender

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Botanical Name: Delphinium’ Magic Fountain Lavender’
USDA Zones: 3-7
If you like light purple shade, this is the flower to grow! This variety remains short and is ideal for a small garden. 

7. Guardian Lavender

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Botanical Name: Delphinium ‘Guardian Lavender’
USDA Zones: 4-7
Its lavender flowers attract hummingbirds, bees, butterflies, and other pollinators to the garden. The plant grows best in bright and indirect light.

8. Purple Passion

Botanical Name: Delphinium ‘Purple Passion’
USDA Zones: 3-7
Purple Passion features dark blue-purple blooms from summer to fall. The plant can grow up to 4-5 feet tall and easily tolerate humidity and heat. 

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9. Highlander Blueberry Pie

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Botanical Name: Delphinium ‘Highlander Blueberry Pie’
USDA Zones: 4-9
Blueberry Pie bears soft blue flowers with a light pink center. The flower has double petals that usually bloom from spring to summer. 

10. Guardian Blue

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Botanical Name: Delphinium ‘Guardian Blue’
USDA Zones: 4-7
It features blue-purple blooms with white centers and does best in bright light. Hummingbirds love to feed on the nectar of their flowers!

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11. Jill Curley

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Botanical Name: Delphinium’ Jill Curley’
USDA Zones: 3-7
If you want a tall flowering plant that can grow upto 6-7 feet, this is it! The semi-double white blooms can grow in almost any type of soil. 

12. Pagan Purples

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Botanical Name: Delphinium ‘Pagan Purples’
USDA Zones: 3-7
This variety features double-blooming purple flowers. It is cold hardy and can do well in high humidity and heat. 

13.  Langdon’s Pandora

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Botanical Name: Delphinium ‘Langdon’s Pandora
USDA Zones: 3-7
Langdon’s Pandora produces glowing blue rockets of blooms with black centers. You can grow the plant at any spot in your butterfly garden for a heavenly display. 

14. Astolat 

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Botanical Name: Delphinium ‘Astolat’
USDA Zones: 3-8
This plant produces semi-double Lavender or pink flowers in summer. For the best growth and size of blooms, expose it to plenty of bright light.

15. Blue Bird 

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Botanical Name: Delphinium ‘Blue Bird’
USDA Zones: 3-8
This plant showcases soft periwinkle blue flowers and a white center. It can attract pollinators to the garden and grow up to 5-6 feet tall. 

16. King Arthur 

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Botanical Name: Delphinium ‘King Arthur’
USDA Zones: 3-8
This variety of delphinium showcases flowers with a typical semi-double design. The blooms have a royal purple shade with a small white center.

17. Blue Nile

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Botanical Name: Delphinium ‘Blue Nile’ 
USDA Zones: 3-7
With azure-blue blooms and white ‘eyes,’ this beautiful variety of delphinium has semi-double, sublime flowers. 

18. Rosemary Brock

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Botanical Name: Delphinium ‘Rosemary Brock‘ 
USDA Zones: 3-7
If you are looking for pretty pink blooms, choose this variety for its dusky pink flowers. With brown eyes, it looks simply charming.

19. Gillian Dallas

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Botanical Name: Delphinium ‘Gillian Dallas
USDA Zones: 3-7
With white ‘eyes’ and silvery-amethyst blooms, it makes for one of the gorgeous cottage-garden delphinium varieties. Grow it near a seating space for a lovely summer backdrop. 

20. Bruce

Botanical Name: Delphinium ‘Bruce’
USDA Zones: 3-7
With slender towers of dark violet-purple blooms and brown eyes, ‘Bruce’ can look stunning in any cottage garden. The plant usually flowers in summer and again later in the season. 

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