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AQUILEGIA
Commonly known as Columbine, Granny's bonnet
Another decorative from cottage gardens, with attractive foliage which appears in clumps in early spring.
Genus of about 70 species of clump-forming perennials from meadows, open woodland and mountainous areas in the northern hemisphere.
The UK native columbine A. vulgaris, with short, hooked spurs as opposed to the longer, straighter ones in the garden varieties, occurs as a blue or white flower but many garden varieties have spread into the wild.
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HerbaceousEarly in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.Clump-forming perennials
- Aquilegia - Growing Guide
- Cutting back aquilegias after flowering - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Self-seeding of Aquilegia - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing Herbaceous Perennials - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring Planting Osteospermums - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing Summer Perennials - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing summer flowering Hemerocallis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Summer propagation - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Self-seeding aquilegia - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Supporting Plants - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dead heading meconopsis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dead heading Delphiniums - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Feeding herbaceous peonies - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Overpotting Problems - Video Tip ondemand_video
Buy Varieties of AQUILEGIA
AQUILEGIA 'Silver Queen'
pure white flowers
AQUILEGIA vulgaris 'Black Barlow'
dark plum-purple flowers which make a strong show
AQUILEGIA vulgaris 'Greenapples'
pale green buds opening to greenish many-petalled flowers ageing to cream
AQUILEGIA vulgaris 'Nora Barlow'
striking double red, pink and green
AQUILEGIA vulgaris 'Ruby Port'
very floriferous variety with dark red sepals
AQUILEGIA vulgaris 'William Guinness'
(Magpie) - striking single white with purple picotee edging
AQUILEGIA 'Yellow Star'
bright yellow flowers with long spurs