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Isn't she lovely?

LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
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Impulse buy at the Garden Centre yesterday - I just couldn't leave her behind.

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I'd never heard of semiaquilegias before but I'm very enamoured with this one (and am hoping she'll take my mind off the mess I've made of pruning my amelanchier image).

'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
- Cicero
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    It would have been a crime to leave her LG image

    Lovely colour - and very similar to the alpina clematis. That would be a good combination in a border.

    Nice open, single flowers for the bees too  image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    Its a real beauty L G image

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,504

    It's so delicate and well named

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Beautiful



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    I wonder if it sets viable seed? image

    Devon.
  • Missy KrissyMissy Krissy Posts: 249

    Beautiful!

  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360

    I wonder too, Hosta...

    Can't stop looking at it. 

    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • Flowerlover3Flowerlover3 Posts: 219

    Gorgeous, I googled it and found this on gardeners word blogspot, so it seems it does set seed, I wonder if they would come true if there are other aquilegias in the garden?

    'The description on the labels says Semi-aquilegia ecalcarata 'Sugar Plum Fairy':  Is a fully hardy plant with charming pink-purple lantern-shaped flowers in early summer.  It is ideal for cottage-style or mixed borders and rockeries.  Height 40cm (16in) x Spread 30cm (12in).  It needs a moist but well-drained soil in full sun.

    NOTE:  The label warns not to cut off the flowers after they fade but to leave them and allow them to set seed so that these short-lived perennials can spread naturally.  I think I shall sow some of the seeds in a pot, just to be safe.'  

  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360

    I wondered about other aquilegias too. I love them but granny's bonnets are a bit of a weed in my garden so I was determind not to buy one when the purples and pinks spread themselves so freely. And then this semiaquilegia steals my heart! I have no idea if they would cross, I hope not tbh.

    Last edited: 22 May 2016 08:26:56

    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360

    All the flowers are over but there are definitely seeds... Not sure whether to try to save any or just let it do its thing. Am worried that if I leave it to self seed I'll weed out the seedlings by accident.

    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
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