aquilegia

columnbine

Short-stemmed perennial with 2-ternate, bluish green leaves divided into leaflets, 1-3cm long. From late spring to midsummer bear dense, terminal, leafy racemes of may almost upward facing flowers, 3.5cm long in colours that include white, deep pink, lilac, and shades of purple or blue. They are suitable for rock gardens. Fully to frost hardy. Prefers well drained soil in an open, sunny site. Propagate species by seed in autumn or spring. Selected forms only occasionally come true from seed as they cross freely; they should be widely segregated. They are prone to aphid attack

Classification

• Common Names: columnbine

• Family: Biedermeier Group

• Variety:

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Propagation Notes

• Plant Type: Perennial

• Propagation:

• Hardiness: Full shade

• Flowering Season:

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This species is a clumped perennial herb, with 2-ternate palmately lobed medium green leaves. The flowers are produce in terminal racemes or blue-white flowers in late spring

• Common Names: columnbine

• Family: caerulea

• Variety:

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• Plant Type: Perennial

• Propagation:

• Hardiness: Full shade

• Flowering Season:

Columbine, Granny’s bonnet, Culverwort

This is the columbine that is native to Europe and is grown for its spurred flowers that bloom in midsummer. The variety A. vulgaris ‘plena’ is a non-spurred form with double flowers of rose, white or lavender which bloom in the spring. They prefer the well drained, humus-rich soil of their native woodlands and will grow in full sun or part shade. This plant is often found in the wild in Northern Europe. STEM: Upright, branched above. ROOT: Short, thick, stock. HAIRS: Hairless or softly hairy. STIPULES: Absent LEAF-STALK: Long, broad-based to absent on stem-leaves. FLOWER STALK: Nodding SEPALS: 5, oval, pointed, coloured like petals. PETALS: 5, oblong, with curved, spur-like base. STAMENS: Around 50 STIGMA: 1 per ovary OVARY: 5, rarely 10, 1-celled. SEEDS: Numerous, globular, glossy

• Common Names: Columbine, Granny’s bonnet, Culverwort

• Family: vulgaris

• Variety:

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• Plant Type: Perennial

• Propagation:

• Hardiness: Semi shade

• Flowering Season:

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This plant is native to Switzerland, it will produce nodding flowers which are delicate but sturdy. The flowers are lavender-blue with lavender-blue sepals but sometimes the tube of the flower will be very pale blue or white. This wildflower does best in moist, well drained soil. They are easy to grow and flower in spring or early summer. Store seeds in the refrigerator for 3 weeks before sowing. When sowing, do not cover the seeds, as they need light for germination and will germinate best at a temperature of 70 to 75 degrees. Keep well watered. Of the 65 Aquilegia species, this is one of the finest and most rewarding to grow.

• Common Names: columnbine

• Family: alpina

• Variety:

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seed

• Common Names: aquilegia

• Family: vulgaris william guiness doubles

• Variety:

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2023-02-25: sow another 5 pods of Aqualegia indoors. Yellow variety. Seed is 1 year old

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This species has soft green-blue fern-like leaves, the flowers are nodding and blue-purple in colour they bloom in the summer. Hardy perennial. Grown from Seed. Some species may need prechilling. 20-30cm. Compact, stocky species from japan. Glaucous leaves, lilac blue and creame nodding flowers. This is a graceful clump-forming short-lived perennial. They are grown for their bell-shaped single-double flowers which will bloom in late spring and early summer. They are suitable for rock gardens. Fully to frost hardy. Prefers well drained soil in an open, sunny site. Propagate species by seed in autumn or spring. Selected forms only occasionally come true from seed as they cross freely; they should be widely segregated. They are prone to aphid attack.

• Common Names: columbine

• Family: flabellata

• Variety:

sow spring to mid summer in good seed compost, just covering seed. Germination takes from 1-3 months at 15-21c. To speed up seal in plythene bag after sowering and leave in refrigirator for 3 weeks then place in warmth. Inspect regularly and remove if any start to germinate in fridge. Transplant when large enough to handle. Move to coldframe or put pots up to rims in sheltered site outdoors. Plant out in autumn 30cm apart, sun or part shade.

seed. Airy perennial with nodding heads of alll-yellow large spurred flowers held aloft the glaucous ferny foliage. Gentle fragrance. 75cm. Plant is sun or semi shade in moisture rich soil.

• Common Names: columbine

• Family:

• Variety: chrystantha - yellow star

• Plant Type: Perennial

• Propagation: Seed

• Hardiness: Hardy H5-H1 (<-10)

• Flowering Season: Early summer

Sow seeds indoors in early spring, and direct outside from April