Gardeners throughout the world love these majestic flowers but few are aware of the range of colour and form that are now available with the burst of new cultivars, several of which have been awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Not just blue, but red, pink, violet, yellow and white forms are available. Two leading experts on raising and introducing delphiniums bring all their expertise and enthusiasm to this much-awaited guide, which includes:

• Garden delphiniums: an introduction
• Wild delphiniums * Cultivated delphiniums
• The Breeding of cultivated delphiniums
• Using delphiniums in the garden
• General cultivation: soil requirements
• Propagation
• Pests and diseases
• Breeding new delphiniums and growing delphiniums in containers