I'm fanatical about these easy-to-please plants, and hold the 2 National Plant Collections of them here in the UK. As James says, it was a late season this year, but they're making up for it with last weeks sunshine and warmth. My second collection centres around the breeding work that I am doing to introduce doubles with yellow in that are easy to grow and long-lived here in the UK (unlike many of the parent species)
Come and visit in the next couple of weeks to see more aquilegias than you ever dreamed possible! You will never forget the sight of so many flowering....and so many new ones! Touchwood Garden is in Swansea, about half an hour from the National Botanic Garden of Wales.
My semi- aquilegia is flowering and so pretty, I am posting a picture. They really are very easy to grow from seed, but I have never seen so many in the hedgerows as this year the native columbine seems to be hybridising with them.
All mine have collapsed from all the rain - they put on a growth spurt when the weather warmed up, but now in full flower they are prostate. Looking a bit sorry for themselves. Too late now, but next year I'll get some support. Anybody got any recommedations for type of supports to use (with pictures!!).
Hi Tim, I just use small (18 inch) canes and tie twine to the cane then loop it around the flowering stems. Works fine - these just survived over 24h of rain and wind:
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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Will they grown in pots I've grown some from seed and put a few in a pot .
Come and visit in the next couple of weeks to see more aquilegias than you ever dreamed possible! You will never forget the sight of so many flowering....and so many new ones! Touchwood Garden is in Swansea, about half an hour from the National Botanic Garden of Wales.
Yes, they'll grow anywhere. Give them a reasonably deep pot, as they have deep taproots.
My semi- aquilegia is flowering and so pretty, I am posting a picture. They really are very easy to grow from seed, but I have never seen so many in the hedgerows as this year the native columbine seems to be hybridising with them.
Hi Tim, I just use small (18 inch) canes and tie twine to the cane then loop it around the flowering stems. Works fine - these just survived over 24h of rain and wind:
Just what minw need too to keep the fox cubs from knocking them down with their games.
@carrie thomas.. i must tell you that the seeds i got off you last year have flowered gorgeous this year.. some wonderful colours.. thank you..
have harvested seeds to see what comes of them next year.