Everwilde Farms - 1/4 lb Imperial Mixed Rocket Larkspur Garden Flower Seeds - Gold Vault Bulk Seed Packet

Blossoming in blue, pink, white, and purple, these colorful flowers are easy to grow, making them popular in many annual flower gardens. The hummingbirds will be humming over your garden, and you can also cut the flowers and enjoy them inside as well. This close cousin of the delphinium has a similar appearance to that flower, but grows as an annual. The genus name Delphinium comes from a Greek word meaning dolphin, referring to the unique shape of the blossoms; the species name "ajacis" comes from the Greek myth that these flowers first grew in the place where the great warrior Ajax committed suicide. The common name of larkspur comes from the supposed resemblance of the blossoms to the claw of a lark. Native Americans and early settlers used the bright flowers of this plant to make blue ink. Larkspur is the flower of the month of July, and symbolizes a carefree or fickle heart.