Decorate your Home with Delphiniums this July

People are different all over the world. But one thing we have in common is being mesmerized by the beauty of nature and bringing a part of it home with us to appreciate it. Flowers go in and out of season, nature giving us the joy of appreciating different kinds of blooms in different months. Every month we recognize a flower for its beauty and symbolic meaning. Decorating your home with the month’s flowers is a great way to have variety in decor without creating waste.

Delphinium, also known as larkspur, is the flower of July. It gets its name from the Greek word for dolphins as they believed it looked like a dolphin’s nose. The flowers represent joy and cheerfulness just like the people born in July. A gift of delphiniums is a message of goodwill, dignity, and youth.

Delphiniums were once thought to have medicinal properties, ingested to kill off parasites and relax. But delphiniums are toxic to humans and ingesting them can slow your heart rate, your blood pressure, and give you breathing difficulties. They can also cause digestive problems and skin irritation. While it is wonderful to have the flowers in your home, make sure to keep them away from pets and kids who may accidentally eat them.

The flowers were used in rituals to ward off negative energies. They were also thought to be instrumental in warding off scorpions. For this reason, the tall flowers are considered to be protective. You can gift someone delphiniums when they’re going through something difficult in life and need a protective energy around them for comfort.

As summer flowers, they are associated with people of a sunny disposition. As they’re tall and lush, they represent wealth, pride, and nobility. Giving a loved one a bouquet of delphiniums is a way to wish someone prosperity or to show how much you care about them. 

Delphiniums come in a variety of beautiful colors. The blue ones are the most popular, coming in many different shades from vibrant dark blues to softer light blues. White delphiniums are beautiful in a wedding bouquet, adding dimension with their uniquely long shape and size. They also come in pink and very rarely in red and yellow. 

Delphiniums bring a rare and elegant kind of beauty, adding intrigue and elegance to their surroundings.