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TOUCHWOOD
AQUILEGIA SEED-LIST 2010
Seed from the amazing National Plant Collection® of Aquilegia vulgaris cultivars and hybrids,
here in Swansea. Singles, doubles, bicolours, coloured leaves and scented forms.
Photo by West Digital
"I think I got carried away with enthusiasm!"
"Impeccable , Bons
Produits , Emballage Très Soigné ,Recommandé."
"Seeds arrived quickly and in good condition. Thank you"
"The aquilegia seeds I
bought from you at Gardeners' World Live last year are now coming up in seed
trays in my green house, and as I am relatively new to gardening it's very
exciting! "Everything
is looking amazing, plants out and growing madly, seeds up and on the go--just
fabulous thank you"
"Congratulations on an outstanding catalogue - your seeds have superb
germination. I find only Plant World comes near to you! This year my seeds
germinated so well that I may end up digging up part of my lawn!" Ian Miller, Galashiels
"Venditrice precisa e veloce.
Ottima transazione!!!" "Immer wieder gerne. Super gelaufen!"
"Alles super gelaufen. Danke"
"Bin sehr zufrieden! Danke
für die Zugabe"
"the
seeds you sent me earlier have all germinated. I shall have some to give away.
Thanks, I shall recommend you to all my friends." Jan Etchells
DID YOU SEE MY AQUILEGIAS
(Granny's Bonnets, Columbines) in
AMATEUR GARDENING MAGAZINE
2009
HARDY PLANT SOCIETY
MAGAZINE 2008
GARDENERS' WORLD MAGAZINE 2007
GARDENERS' WORLD TV on JUNE 1st 2007

The Gardeners' World feature
on TV could be thought of as a trailer for my 90minute
DVD/video
in which I tell you more than you thought there was to know about Aquilegias!
Includes demonstration of sowing and growing, pests, diseases, and breeding your own
plants. Many, many named forms, and other cultivars are shown.
OVER 250
AQUILEGIA ENTRIES
SCROLL DOWN
FOR ALL AQUILEGIA LISTS, or use links below
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The bees
have had their fun, and as all my plants are open pollinated, Aquilegias cannot to
guaranteed to come true to type, I select seed from the correct seed parent, but
do not know what pollen fertilised it. Nevertheless, I've never seen a
'bad' aquilegia!
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Often, I may only have a few packets of seed of a certain type. I don’t say which are in
 short supply because, magically, everyone suddenly ‘must have’ that plant! So please give plenty of alternatives, or ring/e-mail for availability.
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Aquilegias are hardy perennials that flower the year after sowing. More information on
sowing.
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HOW MANY
SEEDS IN A PACKET? Usually 'enough'! At least 20 seeds and
sometimes more than double that amount. As a general rule, don't expect many more than 20 seeds
in the Connoisseurs' Choice selection of aquilegias, whereas many of the mixes
are very generous, as well as the single-coloured single flowered sorts
PHOTOGRAPHS are great, but COLOURS aren't always perfect: eg understand that
ordinary photos tend to make blues look more purple and digital photos make the
blues look clearer! So please use the photos with this in mind and take the
written description as more realistic. However, MOST of the photos
are taken of the actual plant from which the seed was harvested....that's good,
isn't it?
KEY: 'NEW for 20xx'' means new this year, either for the
first time or after a time of unavailability on the seedlist, ~ means seed (or
some of the seed) has been sourced elsewhere, often from a seed wholesaler (I can't guarantee germination
rates etc!). A number (eg ex 234) refers to the acquisition
number or collection number of the plant in the national collection.
Carrie Thomas-
E-MAIL LIST
If you would like to receive e-mail
information about when my new seeds are available, as well as special offers , please
e-mail me and I'll be happy to add you to my
e-mailing list (just 4 emails sent/year).
There are 5 AQUILEGIA SEED-LISTS
BELOW
Prices for 2010
£1.50/packet 15 or more:
£1.25/packet
30 or more:
£1
UK Postage & Packing is £1,
but free for 20 or more packets.
Worldwide postage
is currently £2, £1 for £20 or more, free for £40.
Postage may rise with postage
charges
READY
RECKONER: 1packet=£1.50,
2=£3, 3=£4.50, 4=£6, 5=£7.50., 6=£9, 7=£10.50, 8=£12, 9=£13.50, 10=£15,
11=£16.50,12=£18, 13=£18.75, 14=£18.75, 15=£18.75
16=£20, 17=£21.25,
18=£22.50,
19=£23.75,
20= £25 and free p&p
in UK ,
21=£26.25,
22=£27.50, 23 = £28.75,
24=£30, 25= £30,
26= £30, 27= £30, 28= £30, 29= £30, 30= £30,
31= £31, 32= £32,
.et
cetera!
Yes….if you buy 10 packets,
you may as well buy 15:
and 30 for the cost of 24!
Don't forget to add any postage costs. I always get
proof of posting so that you can claim in the event of non-delivery. Carrie - just e mailed to say how impressed I was with my
aquilegia seeds - I bought 6 packets and now have around 150 seedlings - not bad
for £10! Will definitely get some more next year, Jan Chandaman.
More payment details
at bottom of this webpage.
TO ORDER:
email me a list of seeds that you'd like, I'll check availability
and confirm total costs with you.
PLEASE order in the order that the seeds appear
in these lists, if possible, as it halves the time in preparing your order, and
means I can find the seeds!
Thanks. To make it easy for you, you can just put the acquisition number if you
want, eg 608, although the failsafe way (in case you or I get it wrong) would be
to put eg 608 pink feather duster.
Payment is by
cheque, payable to 'Touchwood Plants'. You may also choose to pay by
card, which can easily be done
through email and the Paypal secure site (no need to have a Paypal account).
10 of the best for £10
Leave
the choice to me and get 10 packets of aquilegia seeds for £10 INCLUDING UK POST
& PACKING (overseas: add £1 shipping)
Your selection will include
at least one packet of: mix, a stellata form and several different doubles. 10
packets of YOUR OWN CHOICE would normally be £16 including postage.....but don't
forget that 30 packets are only £30!
Also available for non-aquilegias.
Free seeds
Three ways to win! As easy as 1,2,3!
1. Claim and choose some free seeds when you buy multiples of some
Aquilegi
or Digitalis.
With aquilegias, buy 7 mixes and choose an 8th free.
2. Buy 40 packets of seeds, claim and choose another free!...and for each
10 thereafter.
3. Buy 3 lots of Aquilegia
chrysantha seeds and claim a fourth free. Seed has been collected
from 4 different plants.
NB, free packets of seeds don't count regarding post
and packing costs.
Aquilegia Mixes
MIXES Resulting plants should not be labeled, for example, ‘Touchwood Eventide’ or even ‘Eventide’ as they will be a total mix, of some recognisable named cultivars together with un-named forms.
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AQUILEGIA BLACK MAGIC
MIX (from
13 mother plants) |
All the ‘blackest’ ones: singles, doubles, clematis-flowered, ‘Black Barlow’, ‘William Guiness’ and it’s double form, are all here. Spellbinding!
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AQUILEGIA WHITE MAGIC
MIX (from 9
mother plants) |
You’ve guessed it: all the white forms to enlighten your garden. Singles, clematis flowered, and all kinds of doubles including some very special ones. ‘Magically’ you can select all the white seedlings at first leaf stage, just discard any with any purple in the petioles, leaving just those with a whitish green stem. (Such selections may also be marbled colours, ie ones with white mixed in with the dominant colour) |
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AQUILEGIA ELITE MIX
(from
mainly 30
mother plants) |
This is the mix you’ve always longed for, with seed selected from everything in the Touchwood collection, EXCEPT for single, plain pinks or purples (unless scented). Start your own collection! |
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AQUILEGIA SUPREME MIX |
Anything and everything in this mix! |
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AQUILEGIA STELLATA MIX
(from 10
mother plants) |
Do
you know these unusual forms? The flower has become flattened and star-shaped or
'clematis-flowered'. Many visitors cannot believe these are granny's bonnets! Many
colours, singles and double clematis flowered.
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AQUILEGIA BARLOWS MIX
(from 8
mother plants) |
Barlow
forms are like spiky pompoms and are actually a full double stellata form.
These, too, are ancient forms that have been cultivated for many centuries.
Includes Nora, Blue, Black, Purple, Christa, and Rose Barlows
Sold out 2010
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AQUILEGIA MARBLED BLUE
MIX
(from 8
mother plants) |
A selection of marbled or streaky blues and purples including named varieties. Sold
out 2010 Select seedlings with no purpleyness on leaf-stalks, ie just like white ones are. |
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AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD
BLUSHES MIX
(from 17
mother plants) |
All the pinks, from the palest pearls to the richest crimsons and rubies are all here. Includes singles, all sorts of doubles, bicolours, clematis-flowered, ‘Nora Barlow’ and ‘Rose Barlow’. |
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AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD
EVENTIDE MIX
(from 16
mother plants) |
 Here we have the blues and purples: the colours of dusk and evening. Singles, varied doubles, bicolours, clematis-flowered and Barlow types.
Unbelievable variety…and some scented
ones too!
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AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD
FANCIES MIX
(from 28
mother plants) |
All the many and varied double forms, from white to black, through pinks, clarets, purples and bicoloureds. Pleated, frilly, clematis-flowered, Barlows,
feather-dusters. Oh, and variegated foliage ones! Special and spectacular!
Sold out 2010 |
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AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD
DUETS MIX
(from 17
mother plants) |
A gorgeous mix of all my many bicoloured flowers. Singles and doubles, beautiful and impressive. |
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AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD
GLIMMERS MIX (from 18
mother plants) |
A selection of all the pale colours (including white), which stand out so well in the garden. All sorts of flower forms and bicoloured ones.

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AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD
RICHES
(from 15
mother plants) |
All the darkest, deepest, richest colours. From ‘black’ through ruby and claret and purple and indigo.

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AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD
SIMPLICITYMIX
(from 20+
mother plants) |
I thought I’d a comprehensive list of mixes….then a gentleman asked me for one from just the elegant, simple single flowers! So here it is!
Now includes a few long-spurred sorts.
 
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AQUILEGIA
TOUCHWOOD
FRAGRANT MIX
(12
mother plants) |
A
mix of seed from the fragrant forms in my garden.
Sold
out 2010 |
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AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD
GOLD
(from 28
mother plants) |
Giving
a long
season of interest are
these gold-splashed and golden leafed forms. Easily selected even at seed-leaf stage.
Seed from a wide selection of flower colours and forms, each one will delight
both you and your friends.
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LONG-SPURRED MIX |
  eg McKanas,
Songbird series etc. |
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| ~AQUILEGIA DWARF MIX ex 12+ types |
I've
finally got enough seed to offer to people wanting diminutive plants.
Ideal for the rock garden, troughs, pots and the front of the border. Mainly
species but with a few dwarf hybrids. Includes AA. pyrenaica discolor and flabellata
of all sorts and occasional others.
Sold out 2010
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| AQUILEGIA STREWING
MIX |
HUGE packets that
you can grow by scattering direct on the ground where you wish them to flower.
Includes Touchwood Supreme mix with current plentifuls, as well as some of last
year's spare seeds. |
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Now for something completely different........
Formula mixes of other types of aquilegias. |
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| ~Aquilegia Biedermeier Mixed |
That's different: upwardly facing flowers on this dwarf mix. No need to tip
this chins of these beauties, they gaze up adoringly at you gazing down
adoringly on them. Oh for goodness sake Carrie, that is just too twee and sugary
even for you. Photos by Susann Nilsson |
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| ~ Aquilegia coerulea hybrids |
Huge yet delicately balanced flowers, many bicoloured types. Lovely
long-spurs on these American hybrids. Aquilegia coerulea itself is a clear blue
and white, far clearer than the blues found here in our British natives. It is
the state flower of Colorado and can colour the countryside in swathes of
dancing blue in the spring. Now that state is where Bob Nold lives. He has
written the only book on Aquilegias (Columbines: ISBN 0-88192-588-8). No wonder!
For those of you with the book - I love the no-nonsense guide to the 'mysteries
of growing columbines' as revealed on p13. |
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| ~Aquilegia 'Dragonfly Hybrids' |
LARGE flowers on shorter plants. American brightly-coloured hybrids
that are a couple of feet in height rather than about three. Beautifully
held flowers, so that they seem to dance and jitter on the plant. I
was really pleased with mine last year...and others have said the same to me.
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~Aquilegia
‘Grandmother's Garden'’ |
A really good mixture of old-fashioned double forms.
I wonder if there'll even be ones that I've not got in my collection. Now
there's a thought. Bagsy I the best!
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~Aquilegia
McKana hybrids mix
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Loads and loads of colours in this large-flowered, long spurred mix. Yes,
many more than shown in the photos.
Brilliant!
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~Aquilegia
Cottage Garden Mix
from
Plant World |
What a scoop! A bumper cottage garden mix from
Plant
World in Devon. Never been there? Oh do go, beds comprising plants from
different continents of the world: plantsmans' paradise, cottage gardeners'
delight, and a great sense of humour thrown in for free! |
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~Aquilegia
Lillian's Mix |
Selected from at least 5 absolute crackers from her wonderful selection! This
year all are reds and pinks. |
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~Aquilegia
Rosina's Extra Specials Mix |
Here's something different, from another keen gardener comes this collection.
They are much larger packets of seeds as the viability is a little lower than
mine as these are a year old. Rosina has an extraordinary aquilegia collection,
and offers me all her 'left over' one year old seeds....BUT ONLY of her extra
special forms. Includes golden, variegated leaved forms and a HUGE range of
flower forms. Do have a go. |
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~ Aquilegiachatlist
Allsorts Selection |
The aquilegiachatlist is a group of aquilegiaholics who also swap
seeds.....can you imagine the fantastic range that is? This is a mixture of seed
left over seed from their last year's exchange. The packets will be much larger to
compensate for reduced viability (still as fresh as most seed company's....it's
just that my normal range is extra-fresh by comparison!) Monies raised
help fund the seed exchange. |
So sorry...no pic available...they change each year!. Think
different, think desirable, think delightful....and there you have it! |
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~Aquilegia
Species Mix at least 14 types |
I have a few different species of aquilegia in my garden that don't offer
enough seed individually to offer to you. I've mixed this seed and added
some of the other species found on this webpage, given a stir, made a wish and
here they are! Be surprised.....and pleased!
Singles, sometimes bicoloured and all sorts of shapes and sizes. Note, the
photos are for rough guidance only |
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FREE SEEDS |
Buy any 7 mixes, and choose another....free ...includes some other mixes, as
below eg flabellata mix |
Go on, have another look at all the
mixes above...not including VOLCANO! mix |
Species
and Named Cultivars
.. others also under 'Connoisseurs' Choice,
below
You should always have at least 20 seeds/packet
often many more, it depends on the generosity of the plant or plants.
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Here's an extra pic of 'Flamboyant' as the
flowers change from year to year! See under 'Connoisseurs' Choice
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Aquilegia
'Flamboyant' |
| ~Aquilegia chrysantha cultivars ex 1077, ex 976,
ex Jodies long-lived plant,
ex Jodies 6-year-old
Buy 3 packets and get 4th FREE! |
Well named- as chrysantha means yellow.
These have totally 'stolen the show' for me during their long flowering season.
In 2009 two people sent me photo's of plants that they'd bought from me that
were doing incredibly well for them, and BOTH were A. chrysantha! .
I find quite a lot of differences between plants so am excited to be able to
offer seed from different parents for the first time, so choose:
ex 1077, 'Wiloporn' very early flowering, yet
also flowering when most else has finished! pic above shows pink flush some
flowers have.
ex 976, starts a couple of weeks later, and
keeps going well. ex Jodies
long-lived plant, now 12 years old
ex Jodies 6-year-old seedling from the
above'Yellow Queen' is probably the above 2

Above: 'We bought this yellow aquilegia from you this year
- wow! Thank you so much, Hazel & Les Rees' |
Buy
3 packets and claim the 4th FREE!! Trial them yourself to see which do
best in your conditions AND gain wider flowering season between them all!
Hi Carrie, This is one of
the aquilegas I had from you last year, I'm sending you this e-mail for you
to see how tall it is, its over 4 foot, and a really beautiful yellow.
Regards, Alma.
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| ~Aquilegia flabellata |
Blue-purple, rather bell shaped flowers on plants
to about 2' high. |
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| ~Aquilegia flabellata f. alba |
The white form is lovely, rather bell shaped flowers on plants
to about 2' high. |
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| ~Aquilegia flabellata var pumila (or nana) |
These are quite short plants, very dainty and
beautiful. Rock garden, or in a pot:
bicoloured blue and white petals. Delightful. I have also some seed from
plants labelled A. flabellata nana which Nold says is the same. Please state
which you want (or both to compare?) Or I will send one as a substitute to the
other if I run out.
Sold out 2010 |
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| ~Aquilegia flabellata var pumila f
alba |
The white form of this aquilegia, also known as A. flabellata
'Nana Alba'.
One supplier explained: 'it grows to 12"-18" tall, is early, long lived, with
strong fan foliage-- living through our -20F
winters with ease'. (Carrie's note, this is rather tall for pumila,
though less than expected for ordinary flabellata, I'm trying them all,
will you?)
Photo kindly supplied by Robert Hoeck
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| ~Aquilegia flabellata 'Rosea' |
The beautiful, slightly-flushed-with-pink form of this dwarf aquilegia.
I've used the name Bob Nold uses in his aquilegia monograph (you'll be pleased
to hear when you see the alternative), although my supplier calls it
Aquilegia flabellata var pumila f
kurilensis 'Rosea'
Sold out 2010
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| ~Aquilegia flabellata
mix |
I have seeds myself of some A. flabellata forms and hybrids (eg
Mini Star and Cameo ranges), and mixed them with some bought A flabellata
seeds. You may even be lucky and get the white or pink form amongst them! These
are short plants, very dainty and beautiful. Some will be exceedingly tiny
indeed, rock garden delights, and most will be bicoloured with white petals and,
most commonly, blue (or another colour) sepals. |
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| ~Aquilegia formosa |
Beautiful red and yellow flowers on this plant native to western North
America. Naturally pollinated by humming birds...hence those dangling golden
stamens all positioned ready to dust the hummy's chin with pollen. But I've
never seen one visit my plants...even when I've been an 'early worm'. Oh well,
instead I can use them in a traditional way, as a love charm. Hope hubby doesn't
mind!
Sold out 2010 |
Aquilegia
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| ~Aquilegia longissima |
I'm thrilled to offer some seeds from Plant World, Devon. Here's
a yellow species aquilegia with ginormous spurs. Photo by Plant World
New for 2010 |
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| ~Aquilegia longissima |
Also seed from Robert Hoeck, who took this photo
New for 2010 |
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| Aquilegia vulgaris |
Our British native, from which all the cultivars have been derived. Blue
single flowers, seed originally from Chiltern Seeds.
SORRY...no seed 2010, BUT I have PLENTY of
seed collected from several blue flowered plants which may or may not be
true to the wild type. NB almost all my collection are Aquilegia vulgaris
forms, both cultivars and hybrids. |
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| ~Aquilegia 'Alchemists Gold' |
Golden and variegated leaved forms from some of the most amazing
aquilegia flowers. Photo and seeds from Plant World
New for 2010 |
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| Aquilegia 'Black Barlow' |
The blackest colour and the strangest flower. Mystical. |
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| Aquilegia ex 957 black Barlow type, wiry stems |
Similar, but with wiry stems that make it look particularly
good. |
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| Aquilegia 'Blue Barlow' |
Lovely spiky blue flowers. Just like above....but
blue.
Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia ‘Blue Fountain’ |
A marbled-bluey-purple double clematis-flowered form.
Introduced by Touchwood, and causes quite a stir, as no-one appears to have seen anything quite like it. Sorry, marbling doesn't show up in the picture!
Featured in my 'Six of the best Aquilegias' in Gardeners'
World
magasine, May 2007. |
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| ~ Aquilegia 'Bordeaux Barlow' |
A new one for me, I've bought seed in order to grow it for my collection. I do
love these deep, dark colours. Wonder how different to 'Ruby Port' or
'Double Rubies' it will be. Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia ‘Burnished Rose’ |

A ‘must-have’ with gold leaves,
pleated pink double flowers and strong growth.
Sold out 2010 |
Aquilegia
'Burnished Rose' |
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~ Aquilegia
'Christa Barlow' |
A beautiful spiky pompom sepaloid
double, blue with whiter tips.
Sold out 2010
New for 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia ‘Firewheel’ |
Double
red clematis flowered or stellata (star) form. Plantworld have bred a real winner with this flashy form.
Featured in my 'Six of the best Aquilegias' in Gardeners'
World
magasine, May 2007.
Photo and seeds by Plant World
New for 2010 |
Aquilegia 'Firewheel' |
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~Aquilegia
‘Green Apples’ |
Another of the special Barlow sorts, introduced by Plant World. This is a
white Barlow flower but the buds and young flowers are a distinct green. I
hope to have both this and 'White Barlow' growing together in my collection so
that I can compare and contrast them. Why don't you do the same?
The seeds are very different, black compared to 'White Barlow's greeny
colour. Also known as 'Lemon Sorbett'
...unless that's different again! |
Aquilegia
'Green Apples' |
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~Aquilegia 'Honeydew' |
Introduced by Plant World, and seed is from there. Ray Brown explains: 'The
very rare fragrant Aquilegia moorcroftiana, is difficult and short-lived.
So we crossed it with a lovely bicolored Japanese aquilegia to produce these
fascinating long-lived plants. Over a prolonged period in early summer appear
sprays of delicate bi-coloured flowers, all deliciously perfumed' Photo from
Plant World. New for 2010 |
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~Aquilegia 'Iceberg' |
Bred and introduced by Plant World, a large, fragrant blue and white
(or blue and pale blue) aquilegia bred from the perfumed fragrans
species. Photo and seed from Plant World. New for
2010 |
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'Lime Frost' |
With variegated leaves and double indigo flowers, I'm unsure how
this cultivar differs from 'Leprechaun Gold' or 'Woodside Blue'. Do you know? |
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Aquilegia
‘Mellow Yellow’ |
With
golden foliage, and double, milky-white flowers, this rapidly and easily brightens up a dull spot. |
Aquilegia 'Mellow Yellow' |
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~Aquilegia 'Milk and Honey' |
Introduced by Plant World, and seed is from there. Ray Brown explains:
The results from our ongoing search for new perfumed gardenworthy columbines.
Large substantial milky white spurred blossoms almost dripping with nectar. The
odd flower may occur with colour variations, but most should be fragrant.
Photo from Plant World. New for 2010 |
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ex 831 shorter 'Miss M I Huish' |
I grew 'Miss M I Huish' to try and discover what the difference
to 'Black Barlow' was. When they flowered, they seemed the same, variation
between plants in each type seemed greater than differences between the two
sorts. I offer seed from 2 of my 'Miss M I Huish' sorts, differing particularly
in height but also in the way the flowers were held, flower openness and size. |
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ex 832 taller 'Miss M I Huish'
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The
taller version, which appears on the left of the two photos comparing them.
Anyone out there know more about what they are SUPPOSED to look like?
Sold out 2010 |
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~ Aquilegia
'Nora Barlow' |
Unusual sepaloid
double where each 'petal' shades from deep
old-rose-pink through cream to the green tips. An old, beautifully and regularly formed variety.
Can 'Nora Barlow' really be an aquilegia? |

Aquilegia 'Nora Barlow' |
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~Aquilegia 'Oranges and Lemons' |
Introduced by Plant World, a range of red, orange and yellow flowers over a
very long season indeed. Photo and seed from Plant World.
New for 2010 |
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| Aquilegia ‘Perfumed
Garden’ |
Large,
scented flowers. Photo and seed from Plant World.
New for 2010 |
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Aquilegia
‘Roman Bronze’ |
With a yellow leaf and a double indigo flower this is dramatic in a dark spot. As with all ornamental leaf forms, they may be selected just after germination…….just discard the green-leafed seedlings (if you can bear to!). |
Aquilegia
'Roman Bronze' |
| Aquilegia
'Rose Barlow' |
A type of stellata form ... a Barlow shape so it's a very
spiky double pompom type in pink.
Featured in 'Six of the best Aquilegias' in Gardeners'
World
magasine, May 2007. |
Aquilegia
'Rose Barlow' |
| ~Aquilegia 'Royal Purple' |
Richest purple clematis flowered. Sumptuous.
Photo (rhs) and seed from Plant World. New for 2010 |
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| ~Aquilegia 'Ruby Port' |
Rich double flowers, seen here, in Robert Hoeck's photo) with white form of A.
coerulea.
Sold out 2010
New for 2010 |
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Aquilegia ex Spring Magic Pink & white |
Spring Magic is a magical range of dwarf (8-15") aquilegias that
have large, long spurred flowers held just above the foliage, very lovely and
well proportioned. The plant supplier called it rose and white, but I
disagree....it's a pastel pink rather than a darker rose pink. . |
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Aquilegia ex Spring Magic Rose & Ivory |
I love this colour combination, do you?
Sold
out 2010
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Aquilegia ex Spring Magic Navy & white |
The most popular of the trio |
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Aquilegia ex Spring Magic Mix |
A mix of the three types above. Photo captures them just
about to burst into flower: one of the earliest in the garden. These 3 plants
are growing in one large container. |
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| Aquilegia 'Sunburst Ruby' |
A golden-yellowy leaf, double ruby flowers. Makes a good statement in the garden. Everyone will want seed!
Sold out 2010 |
Aquilegia
'Sunburst Ruby' |
| Aquilegia 'Sweet Dreams' |
Bred by Touchwood 2008 was the first year
of presentation of
this 'new baby' of mine. I have the greatest of
pleasure in introducing this
most beautiful cultivar. 'Sweet Dreams' combines my finest pretty pastel pink stellata with the blessing of variegated leaves. The prettiness of the pastel
pink is conferred because it shades from old-rose pink through cream to green
tips. And yes, it DOES have a central raised area to the flower, which adds
greatly to its charm. |
Aquilegia 'Sweet Dreams' |
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~ Aquilegia
‘White Barlow' |
The Barlow sorts are justifiably popular. The dense spiky flowers show
up well in the garden...and the paler the colour the more outstanding it
is...which makes this one very visible indeed and bound to excite comment.
But will people believe it's an aquilegia?
Sold out 2010 |
Aquilegia
'White Barlow' |
| Aquilegia ‘William Guiness’ |
Aquilegia
'William Guiness', also known as ‘Magpie’, such a perfectly fitting name for the
(just about) black-and-white flowers. This is justifiably many people's
favourite aquilegia. Do grow it if you don't already.
Featured in my 'Six of the best Aquilegias' in Gardeners'
World
magasine, May 2007. For
doubles: see below under Connoisseur's Choice |
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| Aquilegia 'Woodside Blue' |
Double indigo flowers over variegated foliage.
There are new cultivars out called 'Leprechaun's Gold'
and 'Lime Frost', which has the same description. Does anyone know if they are the same or
otherwise how they differ? I can't find much difference, can you?
Sold out 2010 |
 
Aquilegia 'Woodside Blue' |
| ~Aquilegia 'Woodside White' |
Double white flowers, variegated leaves. Cool and lovely.
Photo and seed from Plant World. New for 2010 |
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More named forms can be found
below in the table headed 'Connoisseurs' Choice'. Those are ones with
fewer seeds harvested, but there should still be plenty for your needs. |
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Described forms,
starting with singles, long spurreds, then doubles, then coloured
leaf forms . Similar colours have been grouped together within those sets.
..see many others under 'Connoisseurs' Choice, below
Left: Here's a photo of my favourite flower from your
seeds so far, and actually came up in the
2-tone blue scented! Penny Hemingway
You should always have at least 20 seeds/packet
often many more, it depends on the generosity of the plant or plants, simple
singles (not bicolors) are usually more bountiful.
Numbers are the acquisition numbers of some of the National Plant Collection plants.
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Aquilegia
white flower |
A single white, ever popular. Select seedlings without any purpley hue to the leaf stalks of the seedlings.
Seedling plants flowering in 2008 were noticed to have three main heights.
I assume therefore, that I have a shorter type (2'ish) a normal height (3'ish)
and a hybrid. Do let me know what you grow from these.
AMAZING FACT:
Aquilegias are also known as 'columbine' which is French for 'dove'. can you see
the 5 doves sitting in a circle having a good old natter 'tete-to-tete'?
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| Aquilegia
Palest pink single |
Shows up really well, actually paler than photo shows. A delicate beauty |
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| Aquilegia
Light pink single |
Quiet charm, that lights up the garden, is actually a
little lighter than shown. |
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| Aquilegia blue single |
The original wild form is this shade. So this is great for the
wild garden as well as anywhere else. The shade is on the purple side of blue. |
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| Aquilegia ex 678 |

2-tone blue
scented
Strong and floriferous plant. |
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| Aquilegia ex 874 |
Well
scented conical blue
NEW FOR 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia blue-purple |
blue purple or indigo single
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| Aquilegia
Purple single |
Richly coloured flowers. |
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| Aquilegia
black single |
Ya-wow!
NEW FOR 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 954
black single |
Such gorgeous contrast of the yellow anthers against the near-black petals.
NEW FOR 2010 Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
1071 hint of a tint of pink, and white |
Palest, palest pink in the sepals, with green tips. White petals.
NEW FOR 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
901 pale pink, and white |
More contrast than above, opening creamy, then whitening.
NEW FOR 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
Pink
& white |
One of the earliest granny's bonnets that I grew, so one that led to my lifelong
love affair with this genus and eventually to honour of 'National Collection'
status by the NCCPG. Still with me, thank goodness!
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| Aquilegia 599 crimson
&
white |
Exciting colour combination! |
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| Aquilegia
ex 46
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Blue and white scented
NEW FOR 2010
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| Aquilegia
ex 188 lilac and white
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Don't let the lack of a photo put you off! Please.
NEW FOR 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 534
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Indigo and white
scented
NEW FOR 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 369
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Dark purple
& white Very lovely in the garden.
NEW FOR 2010 Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 884
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Deepest purple
& white
NEW FOR 2010 |
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| Long spurred hybrids
|
Below I offer some seed from some choice long-spurred hybrids. Will they come
true? I don't know, but all are likely to be desirable plants.
Artist Sandra Candler has beautifully captured the airy
nature, charm and impact of these flowers in this beautiful painting.
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| Aquilegia
ex white long-spurred
|
Different to 'White Star' (which is under
Connoisseurs' Choice, below). This was a seedling from my friend Jodie's
long-spurred white, which is many years old now. I thought all offspring would
be white as I selected those with no purple hue in the seedling leaf stem, so
imagine my surprise when I had many bicoloured sorts even in the brightest of
reds! I've had to re-write my information pages because of it!
NEW FOR 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
large unusual pink
|
From my friend Lillian comes this unique offering.
Not exactly a long-spurred sort but nor is it a vulgaris type. Unusual shade of
pink with huge open flowers on a large, strong plant.
NEW FOR 2010 Sold out
2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 1046
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Dark pink and cream long-spurred.
NEW FOR 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 838
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Crimson and white Dragonfly hybrid
NEW FOR 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 806
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Dark pink and yellow long-spurred.
NEW FOR 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 1010
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Red and yellow long-spurred.
NEW FOR 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 907
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Shortish,
up to 20". Dark red and yellow-which-becomes-white, long-spurred.
NEW FOR 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
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Pinky-yellow
longish spurred, seed from 904 and 944
NEW FOR 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 721
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Pink and yellow longer spurred.
NEW FOR 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 541
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Purple
and white long-spurred. Actually had a double flower on it this year...........
NEW FOR 2010 Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
Purpley-red and yellow long-spurred
|
Purpley-red and yellow long-spurred. Sorry the pic
shows rather more red, I think, than it should be.
NEW FOR 2010 |
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Aquilegia
Jyl's long flowering blue and white
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I was thrilled to get an email with the photo of this, it said:
I know it doesn't look
remarkable (3 ft. tall), but its about 4 years old ;
you're looking at it in August and it continues to flower till late Sept.-Oct.
Every year people ask how I have aquilegias flowering from very early spring
till fall. I myself am a obsessed aquilegialite and have had only a little
success spreading my enthusiasm, but am still trying. Robust plant at about 3 to
3 and a half foot high, with large flowers. Thanks, Jyl Tuck
Jyl....I think it looks really good, and the long season is certainly something
very desirable. I look forward to growing it here, and breeding with it in the
future, many thanks.
NEW FOR 2010 Sold out 2010
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Aquilegia
ex 906
white double
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Beautiful.
very cool-looking and lusciously luminous.
NEW FOR 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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Aquilegia
ex 960
White double
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Whites of all sorts show up really well in the garden.
NEW FOR 2010
Sold out 2010
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| Aquilegia
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Light pink feather duster shaped. Another winner from Lillian's collection.
NEW FOR 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
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Pink frilly double
NEW FOR 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 161 |
Scented 2-tone pink frilly double.
Adorable even before you know that this astonishing plant has scented flowers.
Sold
out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia ex 388 |
Pink pleated double.
Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 597 |
 Dark pink
tatty double
...rather like a feather-duster.
Sold out 2010
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| Aquilegia ex 1033 |
Dark ruby double.
Sumptuously quilled, richly coloured. New
for 2010 Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 937
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This started out as a lilac single, but then became double. |
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| Aquilegia
ex 692
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Scented blue double
Sold out 2009 |
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| Aquilegia ex 165 |
Scented
2-tone blue frilly double
...yes, poor photo, basically it looks like the one below! |
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| Aquilegia ex 720 |
Scented
2-tone blue frilly double
NEW FOR 2010 |
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| Aquilegia variable blue double |
Something different! This blue double had some strikingly different flowers
on the SAME stem. Purple stellata type! As such it shows a lot about genes and
(presumably) incomplete dominance, if only I knew how to 'read' the information. NEW
FOR 2010 |
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| Aquilegia ex 479 |
Light marbled blue double
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| Aquilegia ex 844 |
Light marbled blue pleated double. NEW
FOR 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia ex 843 |
Light marbled blue pleated double. NEW
FOR 2010 Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia ex 1073 |
Marbled blue pleated double. NEW
FOR 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia ex 321 |
Marbled blue frilly double. |
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| Aquilegia ex 864 |
Marbled blue double.
NEW FOR 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 461
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Light indigo pleated double...the darkest of the marbled blues.
Light indigo? What a lovely oxymoron! But that's what it is....indigo with white
through it!
NEW FOR 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia |
Purpley-blue frilly double. |
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| Aquilegia ex 521 |
Indigo quilled/ feather duster double. NEW
FOR 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 13 |
'Black' double. As all the 'blacks this is the deepest darkest
maroon imaginable, or sometimes deepest darkest purple.
Mine grows with the white flowers of Sweet Cicely - a stunning combination.Sold
out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 791 |
'Black' double. As all the 'blacks this is the deepest darkest
maroon imaginable...or sometimes deepest darkest purple. |
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| Aquilegia ex 414 |
Pink-&-creamy white frilly double
scented The creamy-white-ness is in
the newly opening flower, it becomes shades of pink afterwards. Sold
out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia ex 840 |

Crimson & white double.
NEW FOR 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia |
Plum and white double.
NEW FOR 2010 A stunner from my friend Lillian's garden. I'll be
sowing loads from this one, but the plant (and Lillian) was generous, so there's
a few packets to share. Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia |
Red and white striped. Another from Lillian's collection.
NEW FOR 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 412 |
White-edged ruby full double/pompom |
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| Aquilegia
ex 829 |

White-faced ruby pompom.
NEW FOR 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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Aquilegia |
Indigo
& white frilly double.
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Aquilegia
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Purple & white frilly doubles.
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Aquilegia
Ex 686 |
Purple & white frilly double.
NEW FOR 2010
Sold out 2010
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Aquilegia
Ex 665 |
Purple & white pleated double.
NEW FOR 2010
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Aquilegia
Ex 694 |
Deepest purple& white frilly double.
Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 1005 |
Shorter, white-edged black double.
NEW FOR 2010 |
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| Aquilegia |
Stellata form, white. One of the unusual star or clematis-flowered forms. Do grow them
in your garden and amaze your friends. 'Can those REALLY be aquilegias??!!
YES!!! |
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| Aquilegia |
Stellata form, pink
Sold out 2010 ANOTHER AMAZING
FACT: The stellata forms (including Barlows) have petals that don't
have any nectaries, so bees rarely visit the flowers. That means less
cross-pollination, and hence more chance of them coming true from seed. |
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| Aquilegia |
Stellata form, pretty pink, fading through cream to
green tips with a central 'pinched' petal circle in the centre of the best
flowers. |
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| Aquilegia
ex 876 |
Stellata form, LARGE dark pink.
NEW FOR 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 671 |
Light marbled blue stellata form.... ice blue colour. Order early, it
sold out rapidly in 2009!
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| Aquilegia
ex 962? |
Hmmm I labelled this seed as 'ex962, light marbled
blue stellata', but my records show that 962 is a RED stellata. Who knows if
this is from the red, pic to the right, or more like the ones pictured above.
Are you willing to gamble? Actually, it won't be a gamble, will it, both are
beautiful!
NEW FOR 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 589 |
Black stellata form
NEW FOR 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 826 |
Gold leaf,
pink double. Well, at lest the earlier flowers were....later ones were
pink stellata form!
NEW FOR 2010 |
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| Aquilegia ex 566 |
Gold leaf,
ruby flower. Sold out 2010 Ex 'Elegance', hence the beautiful form
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| Aquilegia
ex 872 |
Gold leaf,
ruby double.
NEW FOR 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 860 |
Gold leaf,
marbled blue double.
NEW FOR 2010 Sold
out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 842 |
Gold leaf,
marbled blue double.
NEW FOR 2010 Sold
out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
MIX
ex 905 lilac double and 835 pinky yellow single |
OK, I boobed...Whilst harvesting I inadvertently mixed seed of
905 lilac double and 835 pinky yellow single...that became double. Hmmm....interesting. Interested?
NEW FOR 2010....and definitely a one-off! I hope! |
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DISAPPOINTED ????!!!????!!!!!!!! NOT FOUND WHAT
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR?
Keep going, there's plenty more in the
Connoisseurs' Choice selection below! |
That's good news...smile!
Smiley
competition!
Name the creature to the left that looks like a smiley mouth. Photo taken
summer '09 at Touchwood. Send an
email with your entry, drawn autumn 2010
PRIZE: 5 packets of
seeds in 2011 |
Connoisseurs' Choice lots of
NEW FOR 2010!
AQUILEGIA Connoisseurs’ Choice
I collected just a few seeds from some extremely special plants. You should always have at least 20 seeds/packet. Numbers are the
acquisition numbers of some of the National Plant Collection plants. I also include some spare seeds that I've had from swaps
with aquilegia-growers worldwide...so you can try them at the same time that I
do! First come, first served, choose from:
| ~Aquilegia
alpina |
My
friend Eddy was generous to share some of his wild-collected Aquilegia alpina
seed with me, allowing a few packets to be offered here. The photos (here) that
he took are from the French alps: Queyras.
New for 2010 Sold out 2010 |
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| ~Aquilegia
alpina f. alba |
Another friend has some of the white form spare....want any?
New for 2010 |
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| ~Aquilegia atrata |
Atrata means 'dark, and that's just what you'll get! Photo by
Susann Nilsson
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| A. bertolonii |
Full sized flowers on diminutive plants...look closely at the
photo, you are seeing the whole plant...see the black rim of the pot?
Sold out 2010 |
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| ~Aquilegia canadensis |
Another from North America. Red and yellow. Did you know? The
straight spur, which are particularly wide at the base is an adaptation to its
pollinator..........the humming-bird. So are the exerted stamens...which
brush their pollen on the humming-birds neck as it uses its tongue to lap the
nectar.
One of the reasons for growing this, therefore, is to attract 'hummies' to
the garden.
It's not yet worked for me.
Photo by Susann Nilsson |
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| ~Aquilegia buergeriana |
‘Maroon-and-mustard’
as a colour description may not tempt you, but wait ‘til you see this subtle
beauty in flower!
Photo by Susann Nilsson |
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| ~Aquilegia
buergeriana f. flavescens |
A very special treat, the rare and wonderful yellow form of the
above species. Photo (and some of the seeds) by Eddy Titgat. New
for 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia canadensis ex nana |

Nana means 'small' or 'dwarf', so this is a dainty form of the above. Very
diminutive, look at the size of the flowers compared to a huge long-spurred one! |
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| ~Aquilegia coerulea |
Huge clear-blue and white flowers Photo is from the cover of
Robert Nold's monograph: Columbines; Aquilegia, paraquilegia and Semiaquilegia,
showing them growing wild in Colorado where Bob Nold lives, photo on cover by
Charles Mann.
And so gives me an ideal chance to plug the book! Its THE only book available
on aquilegias.
Just look....not only at the foreground plant, but all those blue-and-white
specks covering that meadow! SOLD OUT 2010

Photo above by Susann Nilsson |
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| ~Aquilegia coerulea white form |
White form of above.
Seed and photo (with A. 'Ruby Port') supplied my Robert Hoeck, an Austrian
aquiligiaholic. His delightful photos can be seen en masse at
www.edelbrandbrennerei.at/page11.php
and he has a garden plant book being published during 2010, .
New for 2010
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| ~Aquilegia ecalcarata
x vulgaris |
Aquilegia ecalcarata, also known as Semiaquilegia ecalcarata is
a small, exceedingly
dainty maroonish flowered plant. Here is a hybrid with a double vulgaris sort.
What will the offspring be like, I wonder? Seed and photo by Robert Hoeck
NEW for 2010 |
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| Aquilegia ?elegantula |
Another from North America. Red and yellow. Unsure if mine is
the true form, but it's the one shown in the photo.
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| ~Aquilegia
glandulosa |
Alpine with blue flowers. New for 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| ~Aquilegia
glandulosa
var, jucunda |
The rather beautiful white-centered form of the above alpine.
Nold's monograph informs that this varietal name is obsolete, but it makes sense
to retain it in order to differentiate it from the above. Photo: Robert Hoeck.
New for 2010 |
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| ~Aquilegia fragrans |

Huge creamy...scented flowers.
Mixed seed from my plant (shown left) as well as wholesaler's seed.
Photo rhs by Susann Nilsson
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| ~Aquilegia
hinckleyana |
Isn't this exciting! I'm trying it for the first time, and
there's a few seeds spare from my supplier Robert Hoeck who has also supplied
the photo. Like a shorter (60cm) A. chrysantha, with wider sepals.
New for 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| ~Aquilegia
kuhistanica |
Rare chance for seeds of this aquilegia, that is not mentioned
in Nold's monograph. Does it exist I wonder? I'm growing it to find out! Will
you join me? It is mentioned in an article on
http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/1006/
New for 2010 |
Use link to the left to see a photo and read a great, informative article on
Aquilegias |
| ~Aquilegia
nigricans |
Jyl had some spare to share with me...and there's some for you
too. Like a larger-flowered A. atrata but with rather sticky leaves. 18" to 2",
tall slim plants. Photo by
Robert Hoeck. New for 2010 |
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| ~Aquilegia ottonis subsp amaliae |
Species Aquilegia named after King Otto of Greece about 150 years
ago. Rather nice blue and white flowers on a short plant. |
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| ~Aquilegia oxysepala |
Another species Aquilegia with maroon and mustard flowers. Nold,
in his Columbine monograph, states: "This species, which differs from A.
buergeriana in its strongly hooked spurs [which Susann Nilsson's photos
admirably show] and barely exerted stamens, grows to 80cm." |
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| ~pyrenaica subsp discolor
and alba
and
hybrids mix |
Often just known as Aquilegia discolor, a dainty rock-garden
plant with blue-and white flowers.
Also available as the white form
(alba)...Order A. pyrenaica discolour alba if you want this.
Also available: HYBRIDS MIX a range of
colours, rather 'sturdier' plants, ....,,when you
order just ask for the hybrids mix |
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| ~Aquilegia
saximontana, |
From a friend, I have a few packets to spare. First come first
served. Blue and white alpine. Photo by Robert Hoeck.
New for 2010 Sold out 2010 |
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| ~Aquilegia
shockleyi |
A. formosa-like but with triternate leaves.
Photo by Robert Hoeck.
New for 2010 Sold out 2010 |
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| ~Aquilegia skinneri |
Fun to grow from seed, although often you end up with Aquilegia
formosa! Flowers should be nodding, pale red and greeny with exerted
stamens. Sold out 2010
Sold out 2010
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| ~Aquilegia viridiflora (10-15) |
So pleased to be able to offer this special species. Also known as
'Chocolate Soldier' (well, it sells more seeds and
plants, doesn't it?). Long, long spurs and beautifully hanging flowers help to
make this special. Better, in my opinion is the colouring, a most surprising
olive and chocolate. Does that make it good enough to eat? Well, no, but
good enough to smell...as this is a fragrant form.
Naturally short to about 8" high. 10 seeds in a packet....or a
few extra if you're lucky...WHAT?
Best get 2 packets then! Sold out 2010 |
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| 'Heavenly Blue' 'Sky Blue'
'Blue Dream' |
Known by all three names. Deservedly popular.
Sky-blue and white, large-flowered, long-spurred hybrid. Photo looks rather lilacy
blue...its actually a clear sky blue
Sold out 2010 |
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| 'Koralle' |
Really exciting, a red and yellow bicoloured,
large-flowered, long-spurred hybrid. Absolutely amazing, do grow it. MOST
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, a real show-stopper.
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| 'Crimson Star'
'Rotstern' |
Crimson and white bicoloured, large-flowered,
long-spurred hybrid. |
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| Aquilegia 'White Star' |

Long spurred white: dreamy, creamy blooms.
Note, seedlings WILL have purpleyness to their stems, unlike vulgaris whites and
the other white long-spurred type that I offer. Sold
out 2010 |
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| ‘Adelaide
Addison’ |
Very pretty,
very sought-after, indigo-&-white frilly double |
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| Aquilegia 'Elegance' |
Amazingly elegant and graceful in growth, one of my favourites.
Each flower perfectly poised on a dark coloured stem.
Introduced by Touchwood, in 2008
Sold out 2010, I may have some of last years seeds still
available.
Gold leaf,
with a 'black' flower which I first described as purple...but it's the William Guiness colour...and now
I've named it! Offspring can be selected at seedling stage for golden leaves,
and mine have come about 35-50% true in colour. The rest were also
elegantly-held winners: ruby
or marbled blues. Here are a couple: :  |


Aquilegia 'Elegance'
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Aquilegia
‘Flamboyant’ |
Introduced by Touchwood.
Scented pink and white double. My original plant started as a ‘pink tatty’ flower, second year was flamboyant pink-&-white longish spurred double, and third year showed tripling and even up to 5-tiers in a flower. Featured
in 'Six of the best Aquilegias' in Gardeners' World
magazine, May 2007.
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Aquilegia 'Flamboyant' |
| ~ Aquilegia 'Leprechaun Gold' |

Variegated leaf and double violet flowers. Lovely deep red
flower stems.
Photos by JELITTO |
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Aquilegia
'Golden Guiness' doubles |
Woweeee!
Golden leaf and (just about) black-and-white double flowers.
|
Aquilegia
'Golden Guiness' double |
| Aquilegia ‘Sorcery’ |
A neat (12-15”), early flowering
(the first in my garden), floriferous plant, glowing blue & white.
Bred at Touchwood from two species of Aquilegia so offspring are likely to be
variable. Most are early flowering, with longish spurs on a shortish
plant, and usually bicoloured.Back again for
1010, after no harvest last year! |

Aquilegia 'Sorcery' |
| Aquilegia ‘William Guiness’ doubles |
Just in case you already have the single……here’s the double version.
Just wait ‘til your friends see! ....and have you seen the golden leafed
version: 'Golden Guiness' double forms? |
Aquilegia
'William Guiness' double |
| Aquilegia
ex1072
‘William Guiness’
best double/ pompom |
From a really well-doubled form
Sold out 2010 |
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| ex slender white |
I grew this originally from so-called A. coerulea seed...to which its
shape and colour bear no resemblance! For years, although visitors praised
it's sleek lines and slightly creamy whiteness, I only collected seed as a mix
of all my white singles. Then I decided to see if it came true from seed.
It does! Just as well,
as meanwhile my parent plant passed on. Do grow it, it's quite delightful!
The photo here compares it with the 'normal' white vulgaris flower: which is
whiter, shorter and wider.
Sold out 2010 |
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| ex 740 |
Shorter (2'), almost bell-shaped white
NEW for 2010 |
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| ex 955 |
Creamy yellow single (ex 428!) NEW
for 2010 |
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| ex 679 |
Very short plant with 2-tone blue flowers. I've never
seen anything like this....have you? Untried form seed, but I'll be growing some
myself to find out! Approx 6-9" tall
Note made Dec 09 I've JUST noticed.....the flowers
have no pollen-bearing anthers. I've checked my other photos of it and none of
the first flowers had any discernable pollen! So, it can't have self-pollinated,
only cross pollinated with something else........good news and bad
news....offspring very unlikely to be anything like these but likely to
show considerable variation....and the grandchildren (f2) plants should be
interesting, if we find pollen in the next generation. |
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| ex 849 |

Marbled red double NEW for 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| ex 479 |
Light lilac full double
Sold out 2010 |
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| ex 854 |
Aubergine (red-purple) and creamy white double.
NEW for 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| ex 818 |
Lilac and white. Shorter plant, early flowering and extremely
floriferous, very special. NEW for 2010 |
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| ex 820 |

Blue and white (starts creamy) double. NEW for
2010 Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 539
HUGE blue and white double |
Seed from LARGE blue & white double flowers. Offspring have
proved to be mostly very similar, with some extra specials.
Most Highly
recommended
Sold out 2010
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| ex 646 |
Light purpley-blue and white double NEW
for 2010 |
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| ex 511 |
Blue-purple and white double NEW
for 2010 |
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| Aquilegia ex 143 |
Scented 2-tone
purple/lilac double. Can I tempt you with this thrilling plant? |
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| ex 1000 |

Purple striped. I am in total awe of this flower. A few of the later flowers
were doubled in form. NEW
for 2010 |
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| ex 1099 |
Peachy-pink stellata NEW
for 2010 Sold out 2010 |
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Variegated leaf, pretty palest-pink stellata |

Like a paler form of 'Sweet Dreams' NEW
for 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| ex 785 |
ecalcarata hybrid.Dainty, red, small stellata
Barlow type NEW
for 2010 Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia ex 322 |
LARGE green-tipped purple Barlow form.
Sold out 2010 |
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| ex 841 |
Gold leaf pale marbled pink
double
NEW for 2010 Did you know that ALL the variegated and the golden leaved
forms can be selected as very young seedlings? You can then discard all
the green-leaved ones....but then, why would you want to?!
Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia ex 929 |
Gold leaf,
elegant dark ruby (nearly black). Fantasmagorical! (Or better)
NEW FOR 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia
ex 1032 |
Gold leaf
Indigo and white double.
NEW FOR 2010 |
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| ex variegated
pink |
What a beauty!
NEW for 2009 |
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| ex 613 |
Reddy, spreading petals. I've my first batch of seedlings ready to flower
in 2009, so can't yet tell how likely this is to come true. However, that
incredible colour as well as the wide spread of the open inner petals makes this
a much loved plant. I'm sure we'll get loads of interesting offspring.
COMMENT 2009. OFFSPRING REALLY GOOD. Not the same, but I kept most of them as
very desirable traits.
Sold out 2009 |
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| ex 1041 |
Red and yellow species type, with a fine leaf.
NEW for 2010 |
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| ~Aquilegia
? chrysantha
cultivar |
Eddy's unusual red and yellow cultivar.
Sold out 2010 |
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| ~Aquilegia
special red and yellow cultivar |

Photo and seeds from Eddy Titgat. I'm Soooo looking forward to seeing the
offspring from these!
New for 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
Red
&
Yellow !!!!!
I've started collecting double forms of red and yellow American types. I've
now been granted National Plant Collection
status from Plant Heritage to cover all these
taxa. I don't think you're yet likely to see anything else like them!
However, if you DO know of others, please let me know, I want to increase my
gene bank as much as possible. Thank you. |
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| ex 647 |

A lovely yellow double. Has a hint of a blush on the sepals.
NEW for 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| ex 1075 |
Yellow double.
NEW for 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| ex 1018 |
Short plant, to about 15", yellow double.
NEW for 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| ex 852 |
Yellow and pinky double.
NEW for 2010 Sold out 2010 |
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| ex pink shading to apricot double. |
From Lillian's brilliant collection!
Sold out 2010 |
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| Aquilegia ex 428 |
Pink & yellow double/pompom. Many offspring (poss about
30-50%) are coming fairly true from seed. In 2009 I ran a competition to name
this flower, however, I then found greater variation in the
second-year-of-flowering of the offspring than I expected from their first year
flowers (which seemed the same as mum's in the first year). It could be due to
the varying garden positions that I am growing these, but I want to check it out
before the name is published....hence I'm offering it still as "ex 428" rather
than the chosen name that I hope it will yet bear!Sold out
2010
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| ex 762 |

Yellow and pink double.
Sold out 2010 |
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| ex 775 |
Dark pink shading to apricot full double
NEW for 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| ex 691 |

Red shading to dark pinky double
NEW for 2010 Sold out 2010 |
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| ex 1061 |
Pinky-orange & yellow double Sold out
2010
NEW for 2010 |
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| ex 910 |
Orangey & yellow double
NEW for 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| ex 553 |

Bright red & yellow double
Looked like a firework!
Sold out 2010
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| ex 590 |
Red and yellow double
NEW for 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| ~ Robert's orange and yellow double |
Orange/purple and yellow double bred by Robert Hoeck, who also
supplied the photo.
NEW for 2010
Sold out 2010 |
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| ~ Robert's red and yellow double |
Red and yellow double bred by Robert Hoeck, who also supplied the
photo. Thanks for these two, Robert, very
exciting additions for my collection and genepool,
NEW for 2010 Sold out 2010 |
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| VOLCANO! red and yellow doubles mixed |
Contains seed from some of the above, as well as from ones not producing
enough seed to offer separately.
The photo well shows what my new aquilegia hybrid natioanl plant collection
is all about. Spectacular, aren't they?
NEW for 2010 Sold out 2010
Yes, all red and yellow etc seeds now gone, sold as
soon as people saw them in the garden....or earlier!! To order early ask
to go onto my emailing list....please go to the Contact me page or..
Click here to go onto the emailing list |
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| Aquilegia
Connoisseurs' Choice:
Very special mix |
 
Can’t choose? How about this then:
Connoisseurs' Choice:
Very special mix
from 17 very special, but low yield plants..... the mix
changes each year and is a marvellous opportunity to discover something very
different and beautiful. Note the photos may not depict actual
plants harvested from, but gives an idea of the wealth of unusual forms that it
contains.
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Well, that's your lot from Touchwood for this
year! But do see the final list:
last year's seeds in table below |
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What....you want MORE? Well,
OK then! Every year I grow about 200 different lots of Aquilegias from seed,
getting seeds from various sources including other enthusiasts worldwide.
Sometimes there's more than I need, so here's an opportunity to grow different
types at the same time as I do. Let's see what we get. As I run out
of seeds (there may only be 1 packet available of many types) I will just remove
that item.
And I'll also add ones if new ones become available to me, so check out the very
end bit frequently if you order again. Good luck! ~Carrie
~ ps Do YOU have interesting Aquilegia plants? I may be interested in
swapping seeds, do please contact me. |
Below is a list of some Aquilegia seeds which are
spares from swaps with friends and from purchases etc. |
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PLEASE EMAIL me for the latest in stock |
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| Aquilegiachatlist |
Spare seeds from the email interest group's seed exchange.
Any monies raised helps to fund the exchange by contributing to postage and
packaging costs. Please email me to check
availability. |
All sorts of desirable species and cultivars, do email me |
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'Lime Sorbet' Real red mix
White single, dainty, small
Purple and white tall, frilly double
Navy, semi-double
Medium pink
Peachy long spurred, doubling
Lilac and white
Mauve and yellow long spurred
A dinky mini deep blue vulgaris
vulgaris hybrid, medium spur, cream |
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Last year's seeds
And finally, I have some seeds left over from last year that I wasn't able to
harvest any (or enough) from this year. Order in the same way, but you will be
given a packet that is at least twice the normal size, in order to make up for
any reduced viability. The seeds are still fresher than that purchased
through many of your usual suppliers! Think about it....any seed catalogue
produced in the summer must be offering seeds that are already one year
old....as I'm busy harvesting mine at that point, which is why I don't have my seedlists ready until about December.
Or let me choose from all my left over last year's
seeds, and go for:
LUCKY FIVE £2.50
A lucky dip of 5 packs of last year’s seeds
TERRIFIC TWENTY
£8 or
FANTASTIC FORTY
£12 Strictly my
choice, but I won’t include anything that you order at the same time, & you can choose categories
you want/don’t want from: annuals, biennials, perennials, trees and shrubs,
alpines, bulbs, vegetables, climbers, herbs, Aquilegias, Geraniums.
| ~Aquilegia ecalcarata
(12-15) |
Also known as Semiaquilegia ecalcarata. Small, exceedingly
dainty maroonish flowers. Look...no spurs! Delightful. Photo to the
right is by Susann Nilsson
NEW for 2009
I've yet to work out how many seeds you will get....may be under 20...yes 12-15,
but do go for it, it's delicate and lovely. |
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| ex flabellata |
blue and white |
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| ex 657 ?pyrenaica discolor or sibirica hybrid |
blue and white, short |
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| ~Aquilegia rockii |
I have grown this in the past and delighted in its delicate
flower form, and subtley different coloration. I'm going to grow it again
this year, will you join me?
NEW for 2009 Photo by Susann Nilsson |
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| ex saximontana |
blue and white, short |
Sold out 2010 |
| Aquilegia
'Apple Blossom' |
Extremely pretty pink flowers, small but massed on the plants.
They have drooping dish-shaped flowers, very unusual. Bred by Plantworld
from a cross between an Aquilegia and a Semiaquilegia.
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Aquilegia
'Apple Blossom' |
| 'Blue Star' |
Blue and white, large-flowered, long-spurred hybrid.
NEW for 2009 |
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| Cameo |
Dwarf aquilegia cultivar, from possibly a range of bicolours,
but at least blue-and-white |
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| 'Maxi' 'Yellow Star' |
Two-tone yellow bicoloured,
large-flowered, long-spurred hybrid. Sorry about pathetic pic!
NEW for 2009 |
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| Ministar |
Dwarf aquilegia cultivar |
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| 'Tower Light Blue' |
Marbled blue full double |
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| aquilegia chrysantha 'Yellow Queen' |
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| ex 417 |
2-tone burgundy single |
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| Lillian's |
Dark pink double...photo is with the one below |
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| Lillian's |
Dark red double....photo is with the one above |
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| ex 741 |
variable purple-indigo double |
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| ex 605 |
dark purple double |
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| ex 623 |
purple frilly double |
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| ex 380 |
loose purple double |
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Aquilegia
ex 497 |
Despite the colour in the photo, this is a 'black'
pleated double...very dark colours trick the camera into lightening the
photo, as has happened here. |
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| ex 777 |
Hint of a tint of blue & white,
some scent. Sorry, the camera didn't pick up the hint of blue on
the sepals....nor the scent!
NEW for 2009 |
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| ex 677 |
golden leaf, light marbled pink double |
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| ex 502 |
gold leaf purple double |
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| ex 339 |
variegated leaf, hint of a tint of pink pleated double |
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| Jodie's |
Yellow & peachy long-spurred |
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| Eddy's |
Aquilegia chrysantha with red....yes, a red and yellow, very long
spurred form.
2 packets
Photo by Eddy Tijtgat |
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| Eddy's |
Aquilegia formosa f arctica a small type
of formosa, 1 packet available |
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| Mc kana giant hybrids mixed |
A glorious melange of longe spurred, large flowers in a range of
bicolours |
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Dear Carrie, Please could I
thank you for the seeds that you sent me last year. The germination rate was
exceptional, much better than some of the larger commercial seed merchants.
I have been most impressed with the Stellata mix. Although a simple flower ,
the range of colours has been tremendous. Out of all the aquilegias these seem
to arouse the visitors curiosity more than any other, although all the others
that you sent me are just as beautiful. What I am finding most interesting is
the fact that I am finding two types of flower on many plants i.e Doubles with
pom poms, doubles with stellata . Every day is an adventure in the garden,
just when you think you have seen them all, you find another one even more
striking hidden away. Once again many thanks for the enjoyment you have given
me with your seeds.
Yours Very Sincerely, Jim Forshaw,
Lancashire May 2008
TOUCHWOOD AQUILEGIAS:
Requesting your help
As you may be aware there is great confusion in the names of Aquilegia cultivars, and as a collection holder I certainly don’t wish to add to the problem! One major reason is that Aquilegias from seed may not come ‘true’; due both to promiscuous bees but also due to recessive genes (so a plant ‘looks’ right (eg double blue & white) but has hidden genes (eg for singles, pink, white and ‘not bicoloured’!). Therefore,
PLEASE do not name the plant until it has flowered
and looks ‘true’ to its description.
MIXES Resulting plants should not be labeled, for example, ‘Touchwood Eventide’ or even ‘Eventide’ as they will be a total mix, of some recognisable named cultivars together with un-named forms.
LABELS
  
Good
quality white labels …….30 for £1 ................70 for
£2
‘Invisible’ green labels……….20 for £1
.................50 for £2
‘Highly visible’ yellow ....……. 20 for £1
..................50 for £2
or mix yellow and green…….20 for £1
..................50
for £2
or mix 5 colours…………......….20
for £1 ..................50
for £2
Label postage: they are relatively heavy, so, for UK, 50p per 50 (or part thereof)
But no seed postage to pay if you order labels, and labels sent free with
plants-by-post orders
Stabilo Write-4-all permanent marker ........ £1.50 plus 40p postage (free
postage with seed order)
DVD/VIDEO ‘A Guide to Aquilegias: sowing growing and breeding’
RRP £14.99 + p&p £2.00, please state if you want Video or DVD.(not suitable for +R (only) format)

A
Guide to Aquilegias
Sowing, growing & breeding
Unique DVD / video-guide
to Granny’s Bonnets
£14.99 +
£2.00 UK p&p
Offers: ……..&
free packet of Aquilegia seeds: you can choose!
I loved your DVD makes me think like I almost KNOW you!!!
It was very good and informative and your yard is beautiful. Lorna, California
Seed sent free with deliveries of plants,
labels, DVD, otherwise:
Seed Prices for 2010: buy more to save more!
£1.50/packet 15 or more:
£1.25/packet
30 or more:
£1.00/packet
UK Postage & Packing is £1,
but free for 20 or more packets.
Worldwide postage
is currently £2, £1 for £20 or more, free for £40.
Postage may rise with postage
charges
READY
RECKONER: 1packet=£1.50,
2=£3, 3=£4.50, 4=£6, 5=£7.50., 6=£9, 7=£10.50, 8=£12, 9=£13.50, 10=£15,
11=£16.50,12=£18, 13=£18.75, 14=£18.75, 15=£18.75
16=£20, 17=£21.25,
18=£22.50,
19=£23.75,
20= £25 and free p&p
in UK ,
21=£26.25,
22=£27.50, 23 = £28.75,
24=£30, 25= £30,
26= £30, 27= £30, 28= £30, 29= £30, 30= £30,
31= £31, 32= £32,
.et
cetera!
Yes….if you buy 10 packets,
you may as well buy 15:
and 30 for the cost of 24!
Don't forget to add any postage costs. I always get
proof of posting so that you can claim in the event of non-delivery.
PLEASE order in the order that the seeds appear in these
lists, if possible, as it halves the time
in preparing your order, and means I can find the seeds! Thanks. To make
it easy for you, you can just put the acquisition number if you want, eg 608, although the failsafe way (in case you or I get it wrong) would be
to put 608 pink feather duster.
It's best to
email me a list of seeds that you'd like,
I'll check availability and confirm total costs with you.
Payment is by
cheque, payable to 'Touchwood Plants'. You may also choose to pay by
card, which can ONLY be done
through email and the Paypal secure site. Email me which seeds you want, I'll
check availability, let you know total cost, and send an electronic invoice. And, yes,
of course you may also use
Paypal
if
you have an account.
GUARANTEE
I fully expect you to enjoy a good germination from my seeds. If that is not the case, please let me know, for either information and advice, replacement seed or a credit note. But when you do get good results…please tell your friends and let them benefit from good seed of cottage garden, rare and unusual plants at a brilliant price!!
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