Beginner Gardening: bicolor delphinium question, 1 by rubia16

rubia16 wrote:
Thanks for the answer!

All of them were small seedlings marked "black night" and you can see one of his brothers in the lower part of the picture. They are all a rich purple. I looked up "bicolor" delphineums, but those are the smaller-flowered wild ones. I can't find any picture of this one online.

The curious thing is he was in the same pot as the other one you can see there-- it made two spires (for want of the proper term) and one is the solid purple. That's why I thought it was a soil issue maybe. The first year the plant made only one spire that did not bloom (I put them in late.)

Any ideas what variety he is? Can a plant make two spires with different color flowers?

I am attaching a close-up of the single blossom, because you can see the "striping" better.