Petal, they are beautiful! They're Delphiniums also known as Larkspur. And, just for completion, they're from the Buttercup family. They are still one of my favourite flowers.... we used to sell them from my father's nursery. Somewhere I have a photo taken at Wisley by the Delphinium testing beds.... all the blues, purples, pinks and white varieties that are known. I'll find it for when I next see you! There's also a terrific bed of them in Regent's Park! As to genetic modification.... there may have been some 'tweaking' for decorative garden use over the years but, essentially, they can be that blue! X
Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed trainee journalist and (sq)wirral native blogs her return to the North West and first foray into the newsroom.
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Petal, they are beautiful! They're Delphiniums also known as Larkspur. And, just for completion, they're from the Buttercup family. They are still one of my favourite flowers.... we used to sell them from my father's nursery. Somewhere I have a photo taken at Wisley by the Delphinium testing beds.... all the blues, purples, pinks and white varieties that are known. I'll find it for when I next see you! There's also a terrific bed of them in Regent's Park! As to genetic modification.... there may have been some 'tweaking' for decorative garden use over the years but, essentially, they can be that blue! X
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