They self-sow into pots of other things and grow quite happily so as
long as you transplant them while still small and use deep pots, they
should be OK. I have the singles, and I pull out the muddy pink ones as soon as they show any colour, hopefully in time to stop them pollinating the nicer colours.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I dug mine up last year (Ruby Port), divided and put into pots and 2 out of three are doing well. I put them in these https://www.woodlodge.co.uk/product.aspx?code=EDWHA2 but I'm not sure whether they're the 27 or 33cm ones.
Thanks all - brilliant stuff. By the sound of it, starting young plants
into pots might work, and if I can get deep / large enough pots I might
be able to keep some of the more mature plants alive - great! I'll
report back at some point when I get anything conclusive. If anyone's got time to point me towards pics of the purple, blue and pink ones they're referring to, that'd be great - I imagine mine are all the basic version "vulgaris" and I seem to have a variety of colours including the dreaded pink!
@Rob Lockwood, how successful were your potted aquilegias? I have quite a few that l've grown from seed, and although l have room for some in the ground, l was thinking about planting some in a pot.
Hi @AnniD ! Mixed - they all survived but were generally smaller and less productive than the ones I left in the ground. I'd give it a go though - if you're starting them in pots rather than trying to pot mature ones (as I was) they should do OK I'd think.
The general advice above was deep pots - I got some of these:
- the 7l ones I think; I'm now using 3 of them to see if I can keep some rose cuttings alive but will be putting the aquilegia-filled ones out in a sunny spot again next spring!
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These are my white/blush ones (it's the only one I have a photo of at the moment)
I have quite a few that l've grown from seed, and although l have room for some in the ground, l was thinking about planting some in a pot.