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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

 OVER  250 AQUILEGIA ENTRIES

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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!
• 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.
• Aquilegias are hardy perennials that flower the year after sowing.  More information on sowing.
• 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- 

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There are 5 AQUILEGIA SEED-LISTS  BELOW

• mixes
• Named varieties and species
• Described forms
• Connoisseurs' Choice : includes  Aquilegia  from other sources
• Last year's  seeds  list

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.

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.

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!
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)
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!
AQUILEGIA SUPREME MIX	Anything and everything in this mix!
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.
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
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.
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’.
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!
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
AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD  DUETS MIX (from 17 mother plants)	A gorgeous mix of all my many bicoloured flowers.  Singles and doubles, beautiful and impressive.
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.
AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD RICHES (from 15 mother plants)	All the darkest, deepest, richest colours.  From ‘black’ through ruby and claret and purple and indigo.                                               Sold out 2010
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.
AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD FRAGRANT MIX  (12 mother plants)	A mix of seed from the fragrant forms in my garden. Sold out 2010
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.
~ AQUILEGIA LONG-SPURRED MIX	eg McKanas, Songbird series etc.
~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
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.
	Now for something completely different........                                     Formula mixes of other types of aquilegias.
~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
~ 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.
~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.
~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!
~Aquilegia McKana hybrids mix	Loads and loads of colours in this large-flowered, long spurred mix. Yes, many more than shown in the photos. Brilliant!
~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!
~Aquilegia Lillian's  Mix	Selected from at least 5 absolute crackers from her wonderful selection! This year all are reds and pinks.
~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.
~ 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!
~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
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.                   

	Here's an extra pic of 'Flamboyant' as the flowers change from year to year!  See under 'Connoisseurs' Choice	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.
~Aquilegia flabellata	Blue-purple, rather bell shaped flowers on plants to about 2' high.
~Aquilegia flabellata f. alba	The white form is lovely, rather bell shaped flowers on plants to about 2' high.
~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
~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
~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
~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.
~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 formosa
~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
~Aquilegia longissima	Also seed from Robert Hoeck, who took this photo New for 2010
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.
~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
Aquilegia 'Black Barlow'	The blackest colour and the strangest flower.  Mystical.
Aquilegia ex 957 black Barlow type, wiry stems	Similar, but with wiry stems that make it look particularly good.
Aquilegia 'Blue Barlow'	Lovely spiky blue flowers.  Just like above....but blue. Sold out 2010
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.
~ 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
Aquilegia ‘Burnished Rose’	A ‘must-have’ with gold leaves, pleated pink double flowers and strong growth.   Sold out 2010	Aquilegia 'Burnished Rose'
~ Aquilegia 'Christa Barlow'	A beautiful spiky pompom sepaloid double,  blue with whiter tips.  Sold out 2010   New for 2010   Sold out 2010
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'
~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'
~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
~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
'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?
Aquilegia ‘Mellow Yellow’	With golden foliage, and double, milky-white flowers, this rapidly and easily brightens up a dull spot.	Aquilegia 'Mellow Yellow'
~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
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.
ex 832 taller 'Miss M I Huish'	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
~ 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'
~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
Aquilegia ‘Perfumed Garden’	Large, scented flowers. Photo and seed from Plant World. New for 2010
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
~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
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. .
Aquilegia ex Spring Magic Rose & Ivory	I love this colour combination, do you?   Sold out 2010
Aquilegia ex Spring Magic Navy & white	The most popular of the trio
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.
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'
~ 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
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
	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.

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.

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'?
Aquilegia  Palest pink single	Shows up really well, actually paler than photo shows. A delicate beauty
Aquilegia Light pink single	Quiet charm, that lights up the garden, is actually a little lighter than shown.
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.
Aquilegia  ex 678	2-tone blue scented Strong and floriferous plant.
Aquilegia  ex 874	Well  scented conical blue NEW FOR 2010  Sold out 2010
Aquilegia   blue-purple	blue purple or indigo single
Aquilegia Purple single	Richly coloured flowers.
Aquilegia black single	Ya-wow!    NEW FOR 2010
Aquilegia ex 954 black single	Such gorgeous contrast of the yellow anthers against the near-black petals.  NEW FOR 2010  Sold out 2010
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
Aquilegia 901 pale pink, and white	More contrast than above, opening creamy, then whitening. NEW FOR 2010
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!
Aquilegia 599 crimson & white	Exciting colour combination!
Aquilegia ex 46	Blue and white scented  NEW FOR 2010  Sold out 2010
Aquilegia ex 188 lilac and white	Don't let the lack of a photo put you off!    Please.  NEW FOR 2010
Aquilegia ex 534	Indigo and white scented NEW FOR 2010
Aquilegia ex 369	Dark purple & white  Very lovely in the garden. NEW FOR 2010  Sold out 2010
Aquilegia ex 884	Deepest purple & white  NEW FOR 2010
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.
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
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
Aquilegia ex 1046	Dark pink and cream long-spurred. NEW FOR 2010
Aquilegia ex 838	Crimson and white Dragonfly hybrid NEW FOR 2010
Aquilegia ex 806	Dark pink and yellow long-spurred. NEW FOR 2010
Aquilegia ex 1010	Red and yellow long-spurred. NEW FOR 2010
Aquilegia ex 907	Shortish, up to 20". Dark red and yellow-which-becomes-white, long-spurred. NEW FOR 2010
Aquilegia	Pinky-yellow longish spurred, seed from 904 and 944 NEW FOR 2010
Aquilegia ex 721	Pink and yellow longer spurred. NEW FOR 2010
Aquilegia ex 541	Purple and white long-spurred. Actually had a double flower on it this year........... NEW FOR 2010 Sold out 2010
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
Aquilegia Jyl's long flowering blue and white	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
Aquilegia ex 906 white double	Beautiful. very cool-looking and lusciously luminous.   NEW FOR 2010  Sold out 2010
Aquilegia ex 960 White double	Whites of all sorts show up really well in the garden. NEW FOR 2010   Sold out 2010
Aquilegia	Light pink feather duster shaped. Another winner from Lillian's collection.    NEW FOR 2010   Sold out 2010
Aquilegia	Pink frilly double NEW FOR 2010  Sold out 2010
Aquilegia ex 161	Scented 2-tone pink frilly double.  Adorable even before you know that this astonishing plant has scented flowers.  Sold out 2010
Aquilegia  ex 388	Pink pleated double.   Sold out 2010
Aquilegia ex 597	Dark pink tatty double ...rather like a feather-duster.  Sold out 2010
Aquilegia  ex 1033	Dark ruby double.   Sumptuously quilled, richly coloured. New for 2010  Sold out 2010
Aquilegia ex 937	This started out as a lilac single, but then became double.
Aquilegia ex 692	Scented blue double Sold out 2009
Aquilegia ex 165	Scented 2-tone blue frilly double ...yes, poor photo, basically it looks like the one below!
Aquilegia ex 720	Scented 2-tone blue frilly double NEW FOR 2010
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
Aquilegia  ex 479	Light marbled blue double
Aquilegia  ex 844	Light marbled blue pleated double.  NEW FOR 2010   Sold out 2010
Aquilegia  ex 843	Light marbled blue pleated double.  NEW FOR 2010   Sold out 2010
Aquilegia  ex 1073	Marbled blue pleated double.  NEW FOR 2010   Sold out 2010
Aquilegia  ex 321	Marbled blue frilly double.
Aquilegia  ex 864	Marbled blue double.   NEW FOR 2010   Sold out 2010
Aquilegia ex 461	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
Aquilegia	Purpley-blue frilly double.
Aquilegia  ex 521	Indigo quilled/ feather duster double.  NEW FOR 2010  Sold out 2010
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
Aquilegia ex 791	'Black' double. As all the 'blacks this is the deepest darkest maroon imaginable...or sometimes deepest darkest purple.
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
Aquilegia  ex 840	Crimson & white double. NEW FOR 2010 Sold out 2010
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
Aquilegia	Red and white striped. Another from Lillian's collection.  NEW FOR 2010
Aquilegia ex 412	White-edged ruby full double/pompom
Aquilegia ex 829	White-faced ruby pompom. NEW FOR 2010 Sold out 2010
Aquilegia	Indigo & white frilly double.
Aquilegia	Purple & white frilly doubles.
Aquilegia Ex 686	Purple & white frilly double. NEW FOR 2010   Sold out 2010
Aquilegia Ex 665	Purple & white pleated double. NEW FOR 2010
Aquilegia Ex 694	Deepest purple& white frilly double. Sold out 2010
Aquilegia ex 1005	Shorter, white-edged black double.   NEW FOR 2010
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!!!
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.
Aquilegia	Stellata form, pretty pink, fading through cream to green tips with a central 'pinched' petal circle in the centre of the best flowers.
Aquilegia ex 876	Stellata form, LARGE dark pink.   NEW FOR 2010
Aquilegia ex 671	Light marbled blue stellata form.... ice blue colour. Order early, it sold out rapidly in 2009!
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
Aquilegia ex 589	Black stellata form   NEW FOR 2010
Aquilegia ex 826	Gold leaf, pink double.  Well, at lest the earlier flowers were....later ones were pink stellata form! NEW FOR 2010
Aquilegia ex 566	Gold leaf, ruby flower.   Sold out 2010 Ex 'Elegance', hence the beautiful form
Aquilegia ex 872	Gold leaf, ruby double.  NEW FOR 2010
Aquilegia ex 860	Gold leaf, marbled blue double. NEW FOR 2010 Sold out 2010
Aquilegia ex 842	Gold leaf, marbled blue double. NEW FOR 2010 Sold out 2010
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!
	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
~Aquilegia alpina f. alba	Another friend has some of the white form spare....want any? New for 2010
~Aquilegia atrata	Atrata means 'dark, and that's just what you'll get! Photo by Susann Nilsson
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
~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
~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
~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
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!
~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
~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
~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
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.
~Aquilegia glandulosa	Alpine with blue flowers. New for 2010  Sold out 2010
~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
~Aquilegia fragrans	Huge creamy...scented flowers. Mixed seed from my plant (shown left) as well as wholesaler's seed. Photo rhs by Susann Nilsson
~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
~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
~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.
~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."
~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
~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
~Aquilegia shockleyi	A. formosa-like but with triternate leaves. Photo by Robert Hoeck. New for 2010    Sold out 2010
~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
~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
'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
'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.
'Crimson Star' 'Rotstern'	Crimson and white bicoloured, large-flowered, long-spurred hybrid.
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
‘Adelaide Addison’	Very pretty, very sought-after, indigo-&-white frilly double
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'
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.	Aquilegia 'Flamboyant'
~ Aquilegia 'Leprechaun Gold'	Variegated leaf and double violet flowers. Lovely deep red flower stems. Photos by JELITTO
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
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
ex 740	Shorter (2'), almost bell-shaped white  NEW for 2010
ex 955	Creamy yellow single (ex 428!)  NEW for 2010
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.
ex 849	Marbled red double  NEW for 2010  Sold out 2010
ex 479	Light lilac full double    Sold out 2010
ex 854	Aubergine (red-purple) and creamy white double. NEW for 2010 Sold out 2010
ex 818	Lilac and white. Shorter plant, early flowering and extremely floriferous, very special.  NEW for 2010
ex 820	Blue and white (starts creamy) double.  NEW for 2010 Sold out 2010
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
ex 646	Light purpley-blue and white double   NEW for 2010
ex 511	Blue-purple and white double  NEW for 2010
Aquilegia ex 143	Scented 2-tone purple/lilac double. Can I tempt you with this thrilling plant?
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
ex 1099	Peachy-pink stellata  NEW for 2010 Sold out 2010
Variegated leaf, pretty palest-pink stellata	Like a paler form of 'Sweet Dreams' NEW for 2010 Sold out 2010
ex 785	ecalcarata hybrid.Dainty, red, small stellata Barlow type NEW for 2010   Sold out 2010
Aquilegia ex 322	LARGE green-tipped purple Barlow form.  Sold out 2010
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
Aquilegia ex 929	Gold leaf, elegant dark ruby (nearly black).  Fantasmagorical! (Or better) NEW FOR 2010  Sold out 2010
Aquilegia ex 1032	Gold leaf   Indigo and white double.       NEW FOR 2010
ex variegated pink	What a beauty!                    NEW for 2009
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
ex 1041	Red and yellow species type, with a fine leaf.           NEW for 2010
~Aquilegia ? chrysantha cultivar	Eddy's unusual red and yellow cultivar. Sold out 2010
~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
	AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT  Red  &  Yellow  Doubles!!!!! 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.
ex 647	A lovely yellow double. Has  a hint of a blush on the sepals.                   NEW for 2010   Sold out 2010
ex 1075	Yellow double.              NEW for 2010  Sold out 2010
ex 1018	Short plant, to about 15", yellow double.               NEW for 2010 Sold out 2010
ex 852	Yellow and pinky double.               NEW for 2010 Sold out 2010
ex pink shading to apricot double.	From Lillian's brilliant collection!              Sold out 2010
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
ex 762	Yellow and pink double.  Sold out 2010
ex 775	Dark pink shading to apricot full double  NEW for 2010  Sold out 2010
ex 691	Red shading to dark pinky double         NEW for 2010 Sold out 2010
ex 1061	Pinky-orange & yellow double Sold out 2010            NEW for 2010
ex 910	Orangey & yellow double                     NEW for 2010 Sold out 2010
ex 553	Bright red & yellow double    Looked like a firework!     Sold out 2010
ex 590	Red and yellow double                NEW for 2010 Sold out 2010
~ 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
~ 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
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
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.
	Well, that's your lot from Touchwood for this year! But do see the final list: last year's seeds in table below
	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.
	PLEASE EMAIL me for the latest in stock
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
	'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

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.
ex flabellata	blue and white
ex 657 ?pyrenaica discolor or sibirica hybrid	blue and white, short
~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
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.	Aquilegia 'Apple Blossom'
'Blue Star'	Blue and white, large-flowered, long-spurred hybrid. NEW for 2009
Cameo	Dwarf aquilegia cultivar, from possibly a range of bicolours, but at least blue-and-white
'Maxi' 'Yellow Star'	Two-tone yellow bicoloured, large-flowered, long-spurred hybrid. Sorry about pathetic pic! NEW for 2009
Ministar	Dwarf aquilegia cultivar
'Tower Light Blue'	Marbled blue full double
aquilegia chrysantha 'Yellow Queen'
ex 417	2-tone burgundy single
Lillian's	Dark pink double...photo is with the one below
Lillian's	Dark red double....photo is with the one above
ex 741	variable purple-indigo double
ex 605	dark purple double
ex 623	purple frilly double
ex 380	loose purple double
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.
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
ex 677	golden leaf, light marbled pink double
ex 502	gold leaf purple double
ex 339	variegated leaf, hint of a tint of pink pleated double
Jodie's	Yellow & peachy long-spurred
Eddy's	Aquilegia chrysantha with red....yes, a red and yellow, very long spurred form. 2 packets  Photo by Eddy Tijtgat
Eddy's	Aquilegia formosa f arctica     a small type of formosa, 1 packet available
Mc kana giant hybrids mixed	A glorious melange of longe spurred, large flowers in a range of bicolours

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.

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 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.

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!!