Larkspur

Flora's Fancy

The Secret Language of Flowers

(a garden growing Ox Eye - Secret Meaning: Patience)

Midsummer Flowers

Larkspur

Name

Larkspur

Latin

Delphinium or Consolida

Secret Meaning

Levity, Lightness

Alternative Names:

Facts & Folkore:

Flower Fairy Larkspur, Margaret Tarrrant

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Delphinium trelesaai

Larkspur treleasei

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Delphinium bakeri

“Why do they call them larkspurs?” Tommy demanded. “I don’t know, I must admit,” Mr. Drew replied. “Nancy is the gardener. Perhaps she can tell you.” “Why, I don’t know either,” Nancy exclaimed. “They are also called delphiniums, and I know why that is their name. They were the favorite flowers used by the Greeks to decorate the altar of the temple of Apollo at Delphi. ” ~ The Password to Larkspur Lane, Nancy Drew Mysteries