It is native to temperate Asia and Europe, it is an erect herbaceous perennial growing to 1.8 m (5.9 ft), with deeply divided leaves.

[2] Delphinium elatum is a source of many ornamental cultivars in a range of colours from blue and purple to pink, cream, and white.

[4] Cultivar series include Magic Fountains,[5] Pacific giant,[6] Dwarf Pacific, New Millennium,[7] and Aurora (six varieties: Blue, Deep Purple, Lavender, Light Blue, Light Purple and White).

[8] The following cultivars have received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit: Seven C19-norditerpenoid alkaloids can be isolated from Delphinium elatum: N-formyl-4, 19-secopacinine, iminoisodelpheline, iminodelpheline, iminopaciline, 6-dehydroeladine, elpacidine, and melpheline.

"Stem canker and wilt of delphinium caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp delphinii in Japan".