Delphinium Elatum Candle Lavender Shades – Cutting Variety (6 Jumbo Plug Plants)

Delphinium Elatum Candle Lavender Shades is a tall, elegant and beautifully refined delphinium, bred for its slim candle-like spires, early flowering habit and exceptional stem quality. Part of the traditional Candle Series, this variety produces long, tapering flower spikes packed with soft lavender, lilac and mauve-toned blooms, each one carrying the classic depth and texture that make delphiniums such enduring favourites in both cottage gardens and cutting patches. Candle Lavender Shades offers all the drama and height of the well-known giant strains, but with a more slender and architectural outline that gives borders a graceful, vertical lift.

Our Delphinium Elatum Candle Lavender Shades are grown here in South Devon in peat-free compost, raised specifically for cutting-grade strength and supplied as six robust jumbo plug plants. Each plug is hand-selected for uniformity, vigour and root strength, giving you plants that establish quickly and produce long, straight stems ideal for floral arranging. We pack our plants in biodegradable and reusable hado bags that keep the roots protected and hydrated during transit, ensuring they arrive in excellent condition and ready to plant.

The Candle Series is beloved by gardeners and florists for its naturally elegant silhouette. Where some tall delphiniums produce broad, bulky spires, Candle Lavender Shades retains a more refined shape: narrower, slightly lighter in structure, and with excellent balance between foliage and flowering stem. This makes it particularly valuable in gardens where space is limited, where airflow is necessary, or where a lighter, more naturalistic look is preferred. Despite its slender appearance, it remains a strong and dependable performer, with upright stems, early flowering tendencies and a reliable second flush when deadheaded promptly.

The colouring of Candle Lavender Shades is one of its most compelling features. The blooms range from soft lavender to gentle lilac, occasionally washed with silvery undertones that catch the light beautifully on overcast days. These cooler, calm tones pair effortlessly with pastels, whites, silvers and soft pinks, making it a versatile choice for romantic borders, modern planting schemes and early summer arrangements. In the vase, its refined shape and long-lasting flower spikes add height and a sense of movement, complementing airy fillers such as ammi, daucus and orlaya.

Why gardeners love Delphinium Elatum Candle Lavender Shades

This variety combines height, elegance and reliability in a way that sets it apart from other tall delphiniums. Candle Lavender Shades offers strong, slender stems ideal for cutting, along with an early and generous flowering period. Its cooler lavender tones suit a wide range of garden styles, and its narrow spires create a dynamic vertical structure without overwhelming neighbouring plants.

Perfect for:
• Cutting gardens and flower farms
• Cottage-style borders
• Pastel and lavender-colour schemes
• Floristry and event work
• Narrow or smaller borders needing vertical lift
• Pairing with roses, foxgloves, campanula and ammi
• Wildlife-friendly gardens

What makes our Candle Lavender Shades special

• Cutting-grade plants with strong, uniform stems
• Elegant, slender candle-like spires
• Early flowering with excellent vase life
• Raised in peat-free compost
• Grown in South Devon
• Supplied as 6 jumbo plug plants
• Packed in biodegradable and reusable hado bags
• Weather-tolerant and reliably perennial
• Ideal for both borders and cutting

Delivery information

Plants are dispatched mid to late March.
Royal Mail will notify you by text or email once they have been despatched.

How to grow Delphinium Elatum Candle Lavender Shades

Plant after the last frost in full sun, in rich, well-drained soil with plenty of organic matter. Space plants 40–50 cm apart and water well to help them establish. Protect young shoots from slugs in early spring, and provide light staking in windy or exposed gardens. Deadhead after flowering to encourage a second flush, and feed throughout the growing season for strong, flower-rich plants.

Plant partners

Roses, ammi, campanula, daucus, foxgloves, larkspur, phlox.

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