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Dahlia
* Some dahlias are multi-colored, while others are a solid blast of brilliant color.
* also have variable heights
  - make excellent cut flowers
* are a flowering plant from Mexico
  - also susceptible to powdery mildew
  - available in the spring as either tuberous roots or seedlings
  - diversified
  - grow, easy to maintain, and give spectacular blooms
  - large plants and require support
  - other summer flowering bulbs that offer a great deal of variety in the garden
  - particularly sensitive to frost
  - prone to bacterial diseases, fungal diseases, and viral diseases
  - very sensitive to freezing temperatures
* begin blooming in early summer and continue to frost.
* come in a rainbow of colors, and a puzzling complexity of flower form and petal shapes.
* come in many colors, including red, pink, orange, yellow, white
  - sizes, shapes and colors
  - nearly every color except blue
* do well in fertile, well-drained garden soil.
* have root tubers
  - tuberous roots, as do the sweet potatoes
* love the Bay Area climate, growing well as long as there is at least half a day of sun.
* make great cut flowers.
* perform best in full sun and a well-drained soil.
* prefer fertile, well-watered garden sites in full sun
  - full sun and a rich, well-drained soil
* produce an abundance of beautiful flowers all summer long
  - large blooms with intense colors
* reproduce asexually through vegetative tissue called bulbs.
* require a large amount of water
  - full sun and thrive the best on a sandy loam soil with good drainage
  - some special care, especially lifting for winter storage
  - sun, regular watering and fertile soil
* respond to deep and frequent waterings.
* tend to have shallow roots so be careful when cultivating.

Daylily flower
* appear in many forms.
* are crunchy and fresh tasting - similar to eating lettuce.
* bloom on stalks called scapes.
* come in many colors, shades, and color combinations.

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Delphinium
* Most delphiniums are annuals, so are some herbs, and peas and cereals.
* are easy plants to grow
  - often call larkspurs
  - one of the hardiest perennials found in Northern Utah gardens
  - such rapid growing perennials
  - the easiest and most beautiful of perennials that can be grown from seed
  - very hardy and tolerant of frosts
  - of the throat chakra
* has no florets or they are full of holes.
* is flat
  - injured from early spring to early summer and again in late summer
* perform best in well-drained soils in full sun.
* prefer a fertile, deeply prepared, well-drained soil and exposure to full sun.
* provide a variety of colors over long periods in the summer.

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Larkspur
* grows best in cool weather.
* is named for the resemblence of the flower to the spur on the foot of a lark
  - primarily a problem in western ranges, especially with cattle
  - very easy to grow producing tall heavily flowered spikes in a broad range of colors
* needs light to germinate.
* toxins Larkspurs contain potent alkaloid neurotoxins.
* very flat, spikey kind of flower.

### plant part | flower | delphinium | larkspur:

Low larkspur
* are most palatable to cattle after flowering.
* begins growth as soon as snow melts in the spring.
* is less toxic and more palatable to sheep than cattle
  - toxic to cattle and causes some losses in the spring and early summer

Tall larkspur
* have a spurred blue flower, similar to that of garden delphinium.
* perennial that is found on hillsides and in meadows.

Different flower
* bloom at different temperature and soil conditions.
* have different sexes.