The primary aim of The Delphinium Society, which was established in 1928, is to promote the growing of delphiniums (and Consolida) by means of educational, instructional and advisory services to our members. Also, we provide these services on our publicity stands at shows. By joining the Society you gain access to all such activities, you receive our annual publications, you can take part in our annual seed distribution and can be a participant in regional activities presently located in Kent & East Sussex, Yorkshire & Lincolnshire and Scotland and shortly, we hope, in Norfolk.

The appelation, "The Queen of Border Plants", appeared in an article about Frank Bishop who was one of our leading breeders of delphiniums. It was written by A G Mottran in July 1951 in the pages of 'Cheshire Life'; he extolled the importance of the Society in the contribution it had made to British horticulture. The Bishop Delphinium was a pre-eminent strain at the time. Mottran also described delphiniums as "aristocrats of the herbaceous border". This history explains the title of "Queen of the Border" which some other societies have taken to describe their particular interest. We do not lay exclusive claim to the title but there is the justification of long usage and what is apparent to the human eye on seeing one of our fine cultivars in flower. We have recently also described delphiniums as the "Queen of Flowers" with the justification which we feel is appropriate to our flower. No doubt this title will come into usage for other flowers so we will leave it to the reader to judge the merits of our case. Incidentally, the first use of the title "Queen of the Border" appeared in an article in the 'Daily Sketch' for 19th December, 1953 in which a new cultivar 'Mazurka' was featured.