Almost everywhere in the West you will find a tiny, tuberous delphinium that can make a huge impact in spring. I have grown Delphinium nuttallii (which seems to be identical to D. nelsonii, D. bicolor, D. menziesii and others) for many years and it has been reproducing by seed in my blue gramma grass meadow. Due to our incredibly cool spring its flowers have lasted for nearly two months. It as the habit of bulbous plants: popping up, blooming and going dormant quickly...I hope I can encourage it to spread widely through the meadow where it's growing...
