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Delicate Aquilegia Collection

Common name: Columbine, Granny's Bonnet

A dainty appearance belies inner strength

-20°C and below
Good Cut Flowers
Good for Pollinators

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Bare Roots
6 for £15.00
just £2.50 each
12 for £19.00
just £1.58 each
24 for £26.00
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Frilly and charming double blooms delicately sway in the breeze above layers of lacy, grey-green foliage from May to July. Easy to grow and so rewarding in return, Aquilegia are a delight in any planting scheme. Attractive, almost bubbly, foliage forms pretty clumps, from which tall, wiry stems rise to display their treasure. Aquilegias have many common names, such as Granny's Bonnet, or Columbine. In folklore, carrying a posy of Columbine was said to stir the affections of someone you love. Your collection comprises: Nora Barlow, Christa Barlow, Black Barlow, White Barlow, Blue Barlow and Bordeaux Barlow. The spur-less Barlow series were bred from a plant originally found in the garden of Nora Barlow. Despite the delicate appearance, Barlow varieties of aquilegia are robust and easy-going. Plant in moist, well-drained soil, in sun or part shade. Aquilegia will self-seed around your garden, or alternatively, you can collect the seed to sow and raise more plants for the following year. Growing to a height of 90cm and spreading to around 30-45cm they are both rabbit and slug resistant.
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Key Information
Included In this Collection Aquilegia Bordeaux Barlow bare root Aquilegia Blue Barlow bare root Aquilegia Nora Barlow bare root Aquilegia Christa Barlow bare root Aquilegia Black Barlow bare root Aquilegia Barlow White bare root
Latin Name Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata 'Bordeaux Barlow' bare root
Common Name Columbine, Granny's Bonnet
Hardiness H7 (-20°C and below)
Colour Red
Type Perennial
Format Bare Roots
Position Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun
Foliage Deciduous
Height in Maturity (m) 0.90
Spread in Maturity (m) 0.40
Soil Conditions Chalk Clay Loam Sand
Soil Acidity Acid Alkaline Neutral
Aspect East-facing, North-facing, South-facing, West-facing
Good for pots Yes
Good for Rockeries Yes
Good for wildlife Yes
Good for pollinators Yes
Good for cutting Yes

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