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Aquilegia flowers 2016

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  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904

    According to fidget that Norah Barlow doll seems like a bit of a sort!! image

    Last edited: 07 June 2016 16:59:53

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,504

    Has a mattress strapped to her back in case she meets someone she knows?

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618

    B3, what sort of shape do you want?

    Singles, doubles, pom poms, Barlow shape, long spurred, short spurred, stellata? 

    Then choose what colour you want.  I'll see what I can do. Oh I have some golden leaved varieties too.

  • Yes, I noticed that too when I looked at the Touchwood site a few days ago Mother Hen, I was disappointed to read that the owner was no longer able to send out seeds due to the mildew problems, but then remembered the lovely variety I had my eye on at the local park - not quite ready to seed yet though.....

  • VoyagerxpVoyagerxp Posts: 651

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    Last edited: 07 June 2016 20:41:59

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,504

    I really don't mind the shape. I love the serendipity. I was thinking along the lines of emptying a packet of seeds about the place and see what happens.

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Can I butt in?  

    I carefully brought back 3 tiny Aq plants last year from my friends' garden in eastern France. They have several lovely specimens and my 3 plants have grown into very healthy, tall clumps in the fairly recently made-over garden. I was waiting with baited breath to see what colour would emerge and one just started to flower a couple of days before I left for my annual France trip on 18.5. I was disappointed to see that the flowers seemed little more than a dirty green! Any ideas?  Would these be true flowers or a kind of pre- cursor?!  Still in France so can't check for any further developments until 9.6.

  • I read pom pom as porn porn without my glasses.  Then went on to read about tarts and sorts!!  

    And all this before my tea!!

    Love Aquilegias     I wonder of there is any other plant which is so easily grown, self seeds and comes in so many colours? I can't think of any ...

  • What a disappointment for you Lyn, after carefully bringing the plants back to your garden, waiting and then the outcome was not what you expected at all - keep us up to speed with the rest of the flowers when you return home.

  • Anyone had experience of dull, greeny beige flowers (re above post.) My friend's display is beautiful, with purple/white doubles, dark pink and some very pretty pale yellow/pink ones. Maybe they don't like England!  : (

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