Flower of the Month: Larkspur

July's flower of the month is Larkspur! Here at Shropshire Petals, we love Larkspur, we love it so much we grow Larkspur on our farm and add it to natural confetti for the perfect petal combination. Here's some of our Larkspur in the field growing!

Larkspur is the common name for Delphinium flowers and is grown in the Northern Hemisphere and even on the high mountains of tropical Africa! The name delphinium derives from the Latin for 'Dolphin' referring to the shape of the nectary.

To make sure we have lots of varied colour petals to offer our couples we grow lots of different colours of Larkspur on our Shropshire farm including:

Candy Floss - perfect for soft pink confetti petals

Icing Sugar - perfect for white and cream confetti petals

Raspberry Fool - perfect for pink confetti petals

Frosted Blue - perfect for light blue confetti petals

Amethyst - perfect for blue and purple confetti petals

Midnight Blue - perfect for blue/purple confetti petals

Lady Grey - perfect for vintage themed confetti petals

Larkspur is perfect for throwing confetti as the petals are bright in colour and gently float to the floor when thrown, giving your photographer plenty of time to capture your perfect confetti moment. It also represents a strong bond of love too. It's claimed colour variation of Larkspur has a different meaning too, including:

• Pink meaning fickleness;
• White conveying a happy nature, joyful and happy-go-lucky
• Purple representing a first love or having a sweet disposition