Delphiniums This Week

New Millennium Delphiniums

This Week - A Year In Delphinium Seed Production
We have been publishing "What are we doing this week" pages for over a year now. Here is a collection of photographs featured in the past showing the yearly cycle of delphinium seed production. You can click on the photographs below to see a larger version. We have more information on taking cuttings and on hand pollination on the Grow Delphiniums pages.

Taking cuttings to grow new seed mother plants	Growing the seed mothers on in small pots	They are now in their large pots and in place ready for production. Plants stay in these pots for the next few years and are fed a hydroponic mix .

Blue Parent	Pollinating by hand	Collecting Seed

Seed Pods	Drying Seed	Cleaning seed - using sieves, colanders and tweezers

Newly sprouted delphinium seedlings sown for trials	Growing the seedlings in cell trays	Seed Trial beds in flower