These delphiniums are the most purple thing I’ve ever seen. I had to paint them outside because this is the only delphinium I’ve been able to grow and I wasn’t about to cut any of the blooms! Conditions were not ideal. The ground was so soft from all the rain that the easel kept tipping over and I was getting buzzed by deer flies and hummingbirds. Our garden is unkempt, to say the least. I tell myself that it’s like an English “cottage garden” but really, it’s just everything mixed in together, going its own way.
Getting a decent photo has been difficult. I’ve played around with the color settings a lot but still can’t get as deep a purple as the reality or the painting.
