


2014 seedlist is likely to be online by the end of December 2013
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I have selected 15 packets, the choice was impossible if I had used a pin and blindfold I would have still been happy!!' Norman Clayburn, Tyne & Wear
Thank you for all the seeds over the last 2 years, I have had at least 99.9%success, that's fantastic! Mandy Walters, Dorset
Thank you for what will be an Xmas present to myself, which will last years and does not need batteries. God willing will pay you a visit in the new year when your garden will be at it's best'. Andy Freeman, Herts
It is as you say a wonderful plant this Aquilegia, no bother but just keeps on rewarding …and without doubt I'm truly hooked …line and sinker. On receiving the seeds, I have decided to give myself an early Easter present Andy Freeman, Herts(in December!)
I think I got carried away with enthusiasm!
Just a note to say a big thank you for the seeds I got from you. I have been ordering seeds from many excellent purveyors over the years, but never before have I gotten 100% germination as I did from your seeds. Keep up the good work! Ruth Bierhoff
All I can say is WOW. By far my favourite flowers in the garden. They are still now flowering their socks off. And the variety is fantastic. The size of some of them is well beyond any that I have grown in the past. I keep deadheading them and they keep on flowering. Thanks so much for growing such a wide variety. No one that sees them can believe the variety, colour and size of these aquilegia flowers. Sincerly Donna Bourdage, Shropshire
Did you see my Aquilegias (Granny's Bonnets, Columbines) on TV, Byw yn yr Ardd? To watch via youtube click
here.
For English subtitles select the second icon, bottom right.
And if you've missed them the garden's reviews in recent magazines
The Byw yn yr Ardd or Gardeners' World features on TV could be thought of as a trailer for my 90 minute
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.
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! In a way with my aquilegia seeds you are buying the amazing Touchwood gene pool as much as any particular cultivar.
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 .
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. 'Your seeds from last spring germinated at 90-95% France'
Photographs are great, but COLOURS aren't always perfect. 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?
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Yes …if you buy 10 packets, you may as well buy 15. Don't forget to add any postage costs.
I always get proof of posting so that we can claim in the event of non-delivery. If you want signed-for delivery, it will cost whatever the rate is.
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.
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Aquilegia MixesAll seeds are £2 a packet, discounts for 6 packets or more |
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Black Magic Mix |
All the 'blackest' ones: singles, doubles, clematis-flowered, 'Black Barlow', 'William Guiness'and it's double form, are all here. Spellbinding! NOTE FOR ALL MIXES: |
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White Magic Mix |
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. |
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Touchwood Elite Mix |
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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Touchwood Supreme Mix |
Anything and everything in this mix! ![]() |
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Starshine Mix |
Do you know these unusual forms? Many colours, singles and double clematis flowered. |
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Barlows Mix |
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 |
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Aquilegia Denim & Ice ( Marbled Blue Mix ) |
A selection of marbled or streaky blues and purples colours from Demin (light indigo) to Ice (hint of a tint of blue). Includes named varieties. Select seedlings with no purpleyness on leaf-stalks, ie just like white ones are. |
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Touchwood Blushes |
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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Touchwood Eventide |
Here we have the blues and purples: the colours of dusk and evening.Singles, varied doubles, bicolours, clematis-flowered and Barlow types. |
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Touchwood Fancies |
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! Do you know when I was a little girl I used to pull the flowers off some of the Granny's Bonnets and stand them up on the grass-suspended over a crossed stick and pretend that they were ladies at a dance, I would imagine that they came alive at night. They were always dead by the next day, but I spent many happy hours. I never had pom pom ones though - I would have been thrilled with those. I will make an order soon. Our seasons are reversed here obviously - do I sow in spring or autumn? I am so happy to have found you! |
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~Aquilegia DOUBLES Mix |
Let's try another mix of doubles from another supplier, unfortunately they had no photo. New for 2013 |
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Touchwood 'Crinoline Ladies' Pompoms mix from 6 parents ![]() |
These cultivars have been grown in cottage gardens for centuries. The best are bicoloured, tight round pompoms. I've also included very full doubles that are pompom shaped when viewed 'face-on'. Aquilegia flowers have 5 petals. Double forms have 10 around the flower in a circle (whorl), and more whorls of 10 within those. Pompom forms may have 10 x 10 petals, yes, 100 petals instead of 5! The photo, left, shows how these petals are stacked one-inside-the-other so each spur nestles in the spur of another. New for 2013 Sold out 2013 |
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~ 'Pom-Poms Mixed' from Plant World. |
Aquilegia seeds & pic from Plant World. New for 2013 |
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Touchwood Duets (from 55 mother plants) |
A gorgeous mix of all my many bicoloured flowers. Singles and doubles, beautiful and impressive. |
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'Delightful Duos' Mix (from 25 mother plants) |
Single forms with dramatic bicoloured flowers. Note, if you want bicoloured long spurred flowers, choose McKana or Dragonfly Mixes. |
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Touchwood 'Double Delights' (from 30 mother plants) |
Aquilegia seeds from double flowers with two colours. ![]() |
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Touchwood Harmony Mix Yellow bicoloured mix New for 2013 |
These are unusual, they are the sorts of colours found in large, long-spurred aquilegias, but these are often only vulgaris-sized blooms. |
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Long-Spurred Mix |
McKanas, Dragonfly, coerulea hybrids, Songbird series etc. Usually these are bicoloured, having either white or yellows as the second colour. The yellow, of course, can be any shade from creamy to orangey. |
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Aquilegia Touchwood PHARAOH'S TREASURE Yellows mix from 17 parents New for 2013 |
What a great selection …from all types of yellow singles with a few doubles added for even greater effect. |
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Touchwood Glimmers |
A selection of all the pale colours (including white), which stand out so well in the garden. |
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Touchwood Riches |
All the darkest, deepest, richest colours. From 'black' through ruby and claret and purple and indigo. |
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Touchwood Simplicity Mix |
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! Also see long-spurred sorts, eg McKana and Dragonfly Mixes. |
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Touchwood Fragrant Mix |
A mix of seed from the fragrant forms in my garden. |
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~Aquilegia ex 'Fragrant Fantasy' Sold out 2013 |
Seed & pic from Plant World. Let me quote what Ray Brown says on their site: New for 2013 |
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~Aquilegia 'Perfumed Garden' |
Large, scented flowers. Photo and seed from Plant World. New for 2013 |
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Touchwood Gold |
Giving a long season of interest are these gold-splashed and golden leafed forms. Seed from a wide selection of flower colours and forms, each one will delight both you and your friends. |
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~Aquilegia Touchwood Liliput Lovelies! Dwark mix ex at least 11 types |
I've finally got enough seed to offer to people wanting diminutive plants. These are from tiny up to 'Winky' & 'Spring Magic' heights (12"/30cms). Ideal for the rock garden, troughs, pots and the front of the border. Mainly species but with some dwarf hybrids. Includes A. pyrenaica discolor and flabellata of all sorts and occasional others. |
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~Aquilegia Biedermeier Mixed |
That's different: upwardly facing flowers |
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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. |
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~Aquilegia 'Dragonfly Hybrids' |
LARGE flowers. 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 'm really pleased with mine …and others have said the same to me. |
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~Aquilegia McKana hybrids mix or choose McKana Giant hybrids |
Loads and loads of colours in this large-flowered, long spurred mix. Yes, many more than shown in the photos. |
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~Aquilegia |
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. |
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??? Touchwood Lottery Mix more generous amounts ??? |
Each year as I collect seeds from my National Collections I find that there are plants that have lost their labels. Oh dear what could they be? |
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Aquilegia ex Spring Magic Mix (from 3 parents) |
These 3 plants are growing in one large container. |
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~Aquilegia flabellata mix Sold out 2013 |
A. flabellata forms and hybrids (eg Mini Star and Cameo ranges) |
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Aquilegia pyrenaica mix Sold out 2013 |
Sturdy hybrids of the dwarf alpine often just known as A. discolor. Discolor means 2-colours so guess what you'll get! Photo is of A. pyrenaica itself, by Robert Höck. |
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~Aquilegia Species Mix at least nine 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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Connoisseurs Choice Very Special mix from 37 parents |
Can't choose? |
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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. Remember, they'll take 1-2 months to germinate! |
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FREE SEEDS … |
Buy any 8 mixes, and choose another …free |
Go on, have another look at all the mixes above |
Shooting Stars Mix Yellow doubles from Touchwood |
Yellow doubles mix. |
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Dragon's Breath Mix ![]() |
From the land of dragons, comes seed from the remarkable collection of red & yellow doubles at Touchwood. To get an idea of the range of flowers included in this mix, see the ones pictured above as red & yellow doubles. Having NOTHING to do with aquilegias, here's a link to WALKING the DRAGON , an article I first wrote for a family newsletter about a special walk here in Wales. |
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VOLCANO! |
'Volcano!' Mix from Touchwood. The photo well shows what my new aquilegia hybrid national plant collection is all about. |
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Pink & yellow doubles mixed Seed from all sorts of pink and yellow doubles including the blushed yellow ones. New for 2013 |
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Touchwood '??? Mix' Blue / indigo & (usually creamy) yellow doubles mixed New for 2013 |
Will you help me choose a name for this mix? The blues and indigos, currently, are ones that open creamy yellow and ages lighter. |
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Touchwood '??? Mix' Purple & yellow doubles mix New for 2013 |
Will you help me choose a name for this mix? These and the next mix look rather similar. And, yes, it IS difficult to separate some purples from 'blacks', but generally to the eye (rather than camera) in daylight, these are more purple, and 'Night Lights' are darker. |
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Touchwood 'Night Lights' New for 2013 |
Burgundy / black & yellow doubles. Seed from those closest to black that I can get with yellow accompanying it. Sometimes the yellow fades to creamy with maturity of the individual flower. |
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Touchwood 'Black & Bruises!' 'Black' / blue / purple & yellow doubles mixed New for 2013 |
What beautiful colours bruises go after some days, not just 'black & blue' but rich purples, burgundies and yellows. |
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Species and Named CultivarsAll seeds are £2 a packet, discounts for 6 packets or more 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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Aquilegia species ex 2106 yellow New for 2013 |
Let's start the species list with unknown or unconfirmed species …not wanting to mislead and wrongly label, I offer packets of seeds from these parent plants. Lovely triternate foliage (looks delicate and rather like a maidenhair fern). Short, 12" / 30cms, delightful upfacing small flowers. |
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~Aquilegia pale yellow New for 2013 |
I'm trying this myself, will you join me? Jyl explains the colour as a cream yellow with darker yellow blades, even though the photo has come out rather silvery. From a strong plant, 3' tall and very long-blooming. |
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Aquilegia species ex 2066 Sold out 2013 |
Outfacing New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia species ex 1780 |
Nodding New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia species ex 2071 Sold out 2013 |
Nodding New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1472 & ex 1556 |
Here's some I grew from skinneri seed, which it isn't. What is it? I don't know …but isn't it lovely? |
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Aquilegia red and yellow species type double Sold out 2013 |
Here we have a 'natural' double form of the above type. |
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~Aquilegia alpina Sold out 2013 |
My friend Eddy took these photos in the French alps: Queyras. |
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Aquilegia atrata |
Atrata means 'dark, and that's just what you'll get! Attractively exerted stamens. Last years seeds, double-sized packets. Sold out 2013 |
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~A. bertolonii |
Full sized flowers on diminutive plants …look closely at the photo on the right, you are seeing the whole plant …see the black rim of the pot?
Photo, left, is by Jyl Tuck. |
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~Aquilegia canadensis Sold out 2013 |
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 (right) and Höck (left) |
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Aquilegia chrysantha cultivars Hi Carrie …Yesterday I sat in my very small garden and thought 'I wonder if I can get some yellow aquilegia? … …good grief I am completely and utterly blown away by your website. Absolutely fantastic and so inspiring and the answer is obviously yes!! So here's my list …'Anne Laney, Berkshire |
Well named- as chrysantha means yellow. These have totally 'stolen the show' for me during their long flowering season. Seeds from long-lived cultivars in my garden. |
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Aquilegia chrysantha |
I'm really pleased to offer this favourite cultivar, I bought plants in 2011 at The National Botanic Garden of Wales. Many apologies, I offered this as 'Yellow Queen' last year. My mistake. I don't know the differences between them. |
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~Aquilegia coerulea |
Huge clear-blue and white flowers Photo by Susann Nilsson |
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~Aquilegia ecalcarata Sold out 2013 |
Also known as Semiaquilegia ecalcarata. |
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Aquilegia ecalcarata hybrid New for 2013 |
Seed came from a friend, all seedlings were like this, with spurs on smallish plants. I love the yellowy colour inside, let's see what the next generation will look like. |
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Aquilegia ecalcarata hybrid from 'Elegant Ruby' x ecalcarata New for 2013 & VERY special! |
This one will definitely throw different offspring. The mother parent was a golden leaved ruby single, and the father was A. ecalcarata. ALL offspring of this cross looked the same, all having the habit, size and look of A. ecalcarata, however the flowers are a good dark shade and have spurs. The next (f2) generation should be extremely interesting …I'm looking for the golden leaved sorts. There is also likely to be variation in colour, flower shape, time of flowering, heights etc etc AND new genes from any crossing done by the bumble-bees! |
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ex 1241 |
A. ecalcarata hybrid. I had been calling this pink form a stellata, but now I've learned that that is ONLY to be used for A. vulgaris forms of this shape.So, please do not use stellata yourself to describe these forms of A. ecalcarata or any other Aquilegia species. Now, what to do, let's revert to the common-useage description of such forms in A. vulgaris and call them clematis-flowered. So, here I offer a pink, clematis-flowered form of Aquilegia ecalcarata, that is probably a hybrid. |
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Pink clematis-flowered ecalcarata hybrid New for 201 |
From one similar to the above, came all these rather taller, 24-30" (60-75cms) plants all looking remarkably the same. These are probably very similar to A. 'Apple Blossom' ![]() |
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~Aquilegia flabellata |
Blue-purple, rather bell shaped flowers on plants to about 2' high. Photos by Susann Nilsson Sold out 2013 |
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~Aquilegia flabellata |
These are quite short (6-7") plants, very dainty and beautiful. Rock garden, or in a pot: bicoloured blue and white petals. Delightful. Seed & pic from Jyl |
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~Aquilegia flabellata var pumila f alba from Jyl Tuck |
The white form of this aquilegia, also known as A. flabellata 'Nana Alba'.
Jyl Tuck 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?) Photos by Jyl Tuck |
~Aquilegia flabellata 'Ministar' Sold out 2013 |
Short plants with large flowers in a clear blue and white. |
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~Aquilegia flabellata Mixed Sold out 2013 |
A. flabellata forms and hybrids (eg Mini Star and Cameo ranges) Be lucky and get unusual forms 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! Also available as the variety truncata, where the inner petals are shorter (truncated). If you want these, order Aquilegia formosa var. truncata. |
Aquilegia formosa |
~Aquilegia fragrans |
I love this plant so am sowing seeds from other people's plants to get a wider gene pool. Photo & seed from Plant World. |
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~laramiensis |
Photo by Susann Nilsson |
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~Aquilegia longissima |
Lovely yellow flowers with the looooooooooooooongest spurs! They can be 150cm (6") long. How on earth do any insects manage to get the nectar at the very end of the spurs? They are pollinated by moths with very long tongues indeed! I keep trying but can never get the true A. longissima..I suspect those are the ones that die during their first winter here. Let's try again. |
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~Aquilegia olympica |
A species from the woods and meadows of the Turkish mountains. ![]() |
Photo left by Höck. |
~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. I had these seeds for myself from a new, untried source, there are some spare. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex ?xpuyearana New for 2013 |
I was thrilled to be given seeds of this hybrid to try, and really like the resulting plants, both were rather short, say 12'/ 35cms with slightly-purpley-red with yellow long-spurred flowers. I read in 'Columbines' monograph that A xpuryearana is from a crossing of A. hinckleyana and A. Canadensis. Also known as 'Blazing Star Columbine', they should be red & yellow but I'm unsure about their usual height. Mine don't seem to be as bright red, nevertheless they make handsome plants. |
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~pyrenaica subsp discolor syn A. discolor Sold out 2013 |
A. Pyrenaica subsp discolor: Extremely popular and often just known as Aquilegia discolor, a dainty rock-garden plant with blue-and white flowers. Photo and some of the seeds are from Jyl Tuck. |
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~Aquilegia saximontana |
Blue and white alpine.
From a friend, I have a few packets to spare. Photo rhs by Höck. |
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~Aquilegia sibirica |
My Swedish friend Susann introduced me to this species …her favourite with its almost red stems and blue and white flowers. She explained how it blooms so early and produces a real bouquet of flowers …and she sent me this photo. I was hooked! Guess where it's a native of? Yup, the species name says it all! About 60cms tall, and, in this form, blue and white flowers. New for 2013 |
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~Auilegia ex viridiflora Sold out 2013 |
Olive and chocolate. Beautiful. Scented. I love it. Photos by Höck |
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Aquilegia ex viridiflora hybrid 1774 |
Rather unusual slatey-purple shades in this hybrid of viridiflora. Untried yet from seed … |
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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 2013, BUT I have PLENTY of seed collected from several blue flowered plants which may or may not be true to the wild type. |
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Aquilegia 'Black Barlow' |
The blackest colour and the strangest flower. Mystical. |
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Aquilegia 'Black Barlow' type with wiry stem |
This looks like 'Black Barlow', but the flower stem seemed thinner (yet strong). |
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Aquilegia Black Barlow TYPES |
These flowered like (or rather like) 'Black Barlow' but came as different parents …or lost label parent. So expect some black Barlow offspring together with other interesting sorts! |
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~Aquilegia 'Blue Barlow' |
Lovely spiky blue flowers. Collect the whole Barlow range, they are such good value in the garden. |
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~Aquilegia ex 'Bluebird' |
'Bluebird' is one of the f1 songbird series, therefore will not come true from seed. However, you should get some really lovely offspring. 'Bluebird' itself is short (8-12'/ 20-35cms), and I found it rather difficult to keep during its first winter, only a greenhouse plant made it in 2011-12. New for 2013 |
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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 'Blue Star' or ex 'Blue Star' |
Long spurred blue and white. If labelled ex 'Blue Star' the seed will have been collected from my 'Blue Star' plants rather than via a wholesaler. |
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~Aquilegia 'Bordeaux Barlow' |
I do love these deep, dark colours. |
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~Aquilegia 'Burnished Rose' |
Golden leaves and pink double flowers. Seeds & pic from Plant World. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 'Chaffinch' |
'Chaffinch' is one of the f1 songbird series, therefore will not come true from seed. However, you should get some really lovely offspring. 'Chaffinch' itself is short (8-12'/ 20-35cms), and was a slightly darker dark-pink than State series 'Montana'. New for 2013 |
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~Aquilegia 'Christa Barlow' |
A beautiful spiky pompom sepaloid double, blue with whiter tips. |
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Aquilegia Clementine Series ex blue Sold out 2013 |
Seed from the blue coloured form. |
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Aquilegia Clementine Series ex purple |
Seed from the dark purple coloured form. New for 2013 |
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'Crimson Star' syn 'Rotstern' |
Crimson and white bicoloured, large-flowered, long-spurred hybrid. Amazing in bloom! |
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'Double Rubies' |
Seed & pic from Plant World. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 'Elegance' |
Amazingly elegant and graceful in growth, one of my favourites. Each flower perfectly poised on a dark coloured stem. Bred by Touchwood,'and introduced in 2008 Gold leaf, with a 'black' flower …the 'William Guiness' colour. Offspring can be selected at seedling stage for golden leaves. |
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ex 'Elegant Opal' Introduced 2011 |
Gold leaf, elegant white flower. Bred at Touchwood Before now I have offered seed from some of the un-named new colour forms that I have bred from 'Elegance' from 2011 I am naming them for the first time. Do grow the whole elegant family in your border they look great growing together! |
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ex 'Elegant Moonstone' Introduced in 2011 |
Bred at Touchwood Gold leaf, elegant marbled blue flower. Just like moonstone, some have more blue colouring than others. |
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ex 'Elegant Ruby' Introduced 2011 |
Bred at Touchwood Gold leaf, elegant ruby flower. Have you guessed yet? yes I'm naming all these after gemstones …they are so desirable, precious, and stylish …and each has a gold setting! |
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Aquilegia ex 'Elegant Ruby' |
Note: in February 2011, the 1st publication of 'Elegant Ruby' was in the RHS' The Garden Magazine. Included was the statement 'noticably long spurs'. However that is incorrect, and I requested acknowledgement of the printed error. For future reference, I also state it here. |
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~Aquilegia ex 'Firewheel' |
Stellata form in fiery red. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex '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 5-tiers in a flower. Featured in 'Six of the best Aquilegias' in Gardeners' World magazine, May 2007 |
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~Aquilegia ex 'Fragrant Fantasy' Sold out 2013 |
Seed & pic from Plant World. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 'Golden Guiness' Sold out 2013 |
Woweeee! Golden leaf and (just about) black-and-white flowers. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 'Green Apples' |
Another Barlow sort, introduced by Plant World. 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. Why don't you do the same? The seeds are very different, black compared to 'White Barlow's greeny colour. |
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~'Heavenly Blue' 'Sky Blue' 'Blue Dream' |
Known by all three names. Deservedly popular. RECOMMENDED |
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~Aquilegia ex '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. Seed from Plant World New for 2013 |
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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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~ Aquilegia 'Leprechaun Gold' |
Variegated leaf and double violet flowers. Lovely deep red flower stems. Photos by JELITTO New for 2013 |
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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 ex 'Maine' |
'Maine' is one of the f1 State series, therefore will not come true from seed. However, you should get some really lovely offspring. 'Maine' itself is short (8-12'/ 20-35cms), and a lovely pink and light yellow/cream. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 'Maxi' syn. 'Yellow Star' |
A LARGE yellow cultivar. The 2 flowers at the bottom of the photo are 'Maxi', the 2 at the top are other chrysantha cultivars. The size difference IS real, although there's also perspective happening here to make the top ones look smaller. |
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Aquilegia ex 'Mellow Yellow |
With a yellow leaf, and single or double, milky-white flowers, this brightens up a dull spot. |
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Aquilegia ex 'Montana' New for 2013 |
'Montana' is one of the f1 State series, therefore will not come true from seed. However, you should get some really lovely offspring. 'Montana' itself is short (8-12'/ 20-35cms), and a slightly lighter dark-pink than 'Chaffinch'. |
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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? |
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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 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex State Series 'Oregon' Sold out 2013 |
Seed from one of the amazing range in the State Series of knee-high, large flowered, long spurred American hybrids. I understand that the State Series are f1 hybrids, so what you will grow from these seeds WILL NOT BE 'OREGON'. Having warned you of that, hopefully you'll get a good range of garden-worthy plants. |
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~Aquilegia 'Perfumed Garden' |
Large, scented flowers. Photo and seed from Plant World. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 'Red Hobbit' |
Wonderful red-& -white long spurred aquilegia. Cheerful in the garden, and attracts a lot of attention. |
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Aquilegia ex 'Red Star' Sold out 2013 |
Understandably a great favourite in the garden. |
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~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 'Rose Queen' |
Lovely long spurred sort in pink and white. |
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Aquilegia ex 'Skylark' New for 2013 |
'Skylark'' is one of the f1 Songbird series, therefore will not come true from seed. However, you should get some really lovely offspring. 'Skylark' itself is short (8-12'/ 20-35cms), and has an unusual shade of purple-maroon set off with a white centre. ![]() |
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Aquilegia ex 'Snowballs' New for 2013 |
Lovely white pom-pom flowers. Shorter plants. Introduced by Plant World. ![]() |
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Aquilegia ex Spring Magic Pink & white Sold out 2013 |
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? Note in 2010: just as well I love it as this year my new 'light red and yellow' spring magic seedlings flowered …exactly the same shade. Different seedhouses description for the same item. Ho humm.
Still …they did repeat flower …making them one of the earliest AND latest flowering aquilegias in the garden! |
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Aquilegia ex Spring Magic Blue & white |
The most popular of the trio |
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ex Spring Magic White |
Lovely. |
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ex Spring Magic Yellow |
Wasn't I lucky to find these? Another Spring Magic winner! |
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ex Spring Magic Mix |
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 ex 'Strawberry Icecream' New for 2013 |
Pink & white pleated double. Possibly the aquilegia that really got me started on the hunt for more and more cultivars. Introduced by Plant World. Seed from my 'best' plant will be used first, then the other plant, which is still very good but not quite as perfect! |
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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. |
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'Tower Light Blue' |
Lovely pale marbled blue double |
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Aquilegia ex 'Virginia' New for 2013 |
'Virginia' is one of the f1 State series, therefore will not come true from seed. However, you should get some really lovely offspring. 'Virginia' itself is short (8-12'/ 20-35cms), in the always-a-winner combination of blue & white. |
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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? |
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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. |
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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 |
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Aquilegia ex |
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? Last years' seeds, so double-sized packets. |
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Aquilegia Winky ex pale pink Sold out 2013 |
Especially bred to cheerily look up at you! Shorter plants about 12-20" high. A bed of these looks fantastic …I think it's the closest to 'bedding' with aquilegias that you can get! Though of course you don't need to use them like that …just in the normal way or about 3 in a large pot looks great. Last years' seeds so double-sized packets |
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Aquilegia Winky type ex purple Sold out 2013 |
Upward facing blooms. Last years' seeds so double-sized packets |
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Aquilegia Winky type ex white |
Upward facing blooms. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia Winky ex red & white |
Upward facing blooms. |
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Aquilegia Winky type ex indigo & white |
Blue with white is ALWAYS a winner! Upward facing blooms. sorry no pic New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia Winky ex red & white double |
Upward facing? Of course! New for 2013 |
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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? |
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| ~Aquilegia 'Woodside White'' | Double white flowers, variegated leaves. Cool and lovely.
Photo from Plant World. I have a fewseeds for 2013 from an untried source. Interested? ' |
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Looking for even more inspiration? Robert Hock's Aquilegia video on YouTube shows many named forms, visit and enjoy the show! |
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Described formsAll seeds are £2 a packet, cheaper for 6 packets or more |
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This section starts with singles, long-spurreds, then doubles, then stellatas, then coloured leaf forms. Similar colours have been grouped together within those sets.'Note: 'ex number' is the number and description is of the parent plant …it's hoped that some, at least, will come true. |
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Aquilegia white flower usual 3' or choose 2' |
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. |
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 white flower Short plants All are 12-24" Choose ex 1119 |
ex 1119 was from 'short almost bell-shaped white' Poss flabellata type ![]() ex 1762, 18" tall was from a lost label so parentage therefore unknown New for 2013 |
ex 1324 short white is shortest, dwarf sized ex kuhistanica New for 2013 |
Aquilegia ex delicate white single New for 2013 |
Whites always show up so well in the garden, shortish: 20-30" high, these are particularly delicate white singles |
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Aquilegia ex white single MIX including unusuals New for 2013 |
Collected from various white-flowered plants including those with a hint of cream or pink (right) to them |
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ex slender white Few seeds |
I grew this originally from so-called A. coerulea seed …to which its shape and colour bear no resemblance! The photo here compares it with the 'normal' white vulgaris flower, which is whiter, shorter and wider. |
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS? If so please let me know. |
Aquilegia ex 1513 |
Creamy flowers, mid-sized with a scent. |
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Aquilegia ex 1505 |
Creamy flowers. This is a hybrid, so don't know what the offspring will be like. Flowered first time 2010 and made a real impact over a long period. Possibly a self-sown seedling from chrysantha, but flowers are vulgaris-sized. |
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Aquilegia ex 1970 |
From a pinky-orange & yellow double came this charming, nodding yellow single. Love it! New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1506 |
This is a hybrid, so don't know what the offspring will be like, it's possibly a self-sown seedling from chrysantha, but flowers are mid-sized. More below of similar with greater pink tints in them in the bicoloured list. |
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Aquilegia ex 324 |
Drat, no pic. Starts white then develops a delicate pink flush |
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Aquilegia ex 1450 |
Pinky, off-white single. Sold out 2013 …well I can't find the seeds! |
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Aquilegia ex 1170 Lightest marbled red. |
Largish flowers on this plant of a rare lightest marbled red. 'marbled' is how I describe reds and blues that are blended with white to give a colour that is different to eg lightest pink. As white is blended with the colour you can select at seedling stage: look for no purpleyness to the leaf stem. |
OOPS in 2013 it had mainly DOUBLE flowers!! after 2 years as a single flowered plant! |
What colour is pink? |
How do I describe flower colours? I do the best that I can, and hope to get it right most of the time, eg that a dark pink is described the same whether it's in my front garden or the back garden! But what I call dark pink may not be what you imagine as that. Here I have taken a photo that should help. |
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Aquilegia |
Shows up really well. A delicate beauty |
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Aquilegia Light pink single |
Quiet charm, that lights up the garden. |
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Aquilegia pink single |
Good sugar-pink colour. |
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Aquilegia ex 1511 delicately held pink single |
Nice dark stem, ex A nigricans New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1867 Tall 2-tone pink |
Tall plant 2-tone pink (apricotty-cream) flowers with longish spurs. 'Rescued' from my plant sales area, so don't know the parentage! Very long season of flowering. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1897 2-tone pink Sold out 2013 New for 2013 |
Largish flowers on this atrata x coerulea hybrid …and some were doubles |
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Aquilegia dark pink single |
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Aquilegia ruby single |
Good ruby (crimson) colour |
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Aquilegia ex 1277 unusual red |
Slightly curly petals & sepals that only open as wide as the photo shows. A seedling from 'Flamboyant'! New for 2013 |
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ex 613 |
Much loved plant. I'm sure we'll get loads of interesting offspring. COMMENT 2009. OFFSPRING REALLY GOOD. Not the same at all, but I kept most of them as very desirable traits. |
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ex 1551 New for 2013 |
Surprisingly coloured seedling from 1030, a purple and white double stellata type. Longer-spurred.
The photo LHS shows it with a similarly coloured astrantia. Goodness knows what offspring will be like … |
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ex 1806 |
One of the marbled blue shades that I so love, here in ice-blue with a grey tone (probably a purpley cast to it). New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1293 Sold out 2013 |
Pale 2-tone marbled blue single. THIS was one plant that everyone wanted when they saw it …I had to quickly get it into my border so that I didn't have to keep saying 'no' to visitors! Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets. |
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Aquilegia ex 1442 |
Definitely desirable! |
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Aquilegia ex 1760 |
Surprising seedling from a cross I made of 821 (creamy-white and blue double) with 835 (pink & yellow double). This seedling has leaf stems with no purple hue to them, so I knew it would be rather different to its parents. Goodness knows where the marbled blue shade came from! Offspring may be very variable, let's find out. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1246 |
A real show-stopper. Joyful & lovely. Most flowers are single, but with a smattering of doubles to add even more interest. |
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Aquilegia ex 1788 New for 2013 |
I love those very unusual long thin blades (the part of the petal that is lowest on this photo, the 'inner circle' as seen from below. Seedling from 999 which also has long thin blades but is nearly black in colour with a white edge. |
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What colour is blue? |
How do I describe flower colours? |
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Aquilegia ex 1574 Sold out 2013 |
Shorter, at 14-18'/ 30-40cms this very early single probably came from seed of an alpine form, but this is far taller. I hope that offspring will include the trait of early flowering as well as colour and flower form …they are held nearly horizontally. New for 2013 |
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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 1146 |
This plant has a really good blue colour to the flowers. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets. |
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Aquilegia ex 859 |
Came from fragrans seed. |
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Aquilegia 'ex 678 Sold out 2013 |
2-tone blue lightly scented Strong and floriferous plant. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets. |
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Aquilegia indigo singles |
Nice dark blues. |
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Aquilegia ex 1827 New for 2013 |
Hmm, looks purple on the photo, oh well! Expect very variable offspring as this is a deliberate cross of yellow-leaved 'Elegance' with an unknown pollen parent …unknown because the label became unreadable! There's definitely a yellow hue inside the flowers, so I expect that the cross was with some type of flower with yellow in it. Some flowers were double …don't know if that will be continued. |
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Aquilegia ex 1625 New for 2013 |
Hmm, again looks purple on the photo. These are large flowers on a shorter plant 18" / 50cms. Goodness knows what the offspring will be like as this is a hybrid of buergeriana x vulgaris from Austria! ![]() |
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Aquilegia ex 1626 |
Again looks purple on the photo. These are large flowers on a slightly shorter plant 2-2.5' / 60-85cms. Goodness knows what the offspring will be like as the mother parent plant was a red & yellow double from Austria! New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 2060 New for 2013 |
Brother to the above, these are large flowers on a slightly shorter plant 2-2.5' / 60-85cms. Goodness knows what the offspring will be like as the mother parent plant was a red & yellow double from Austria! ![]() |
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Aquilegia ex 2118 New for 2013 |
Another large flower in an indigo-purple shade although the seed parent was supposed to be the yellow species A. flavescens!
The 2-tone shade includes a yellowyness inside the flower, so it looks as if it has some yellow genes, so let's see what the offspring are like. |
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Aquilegia Purple single |
Richly coloured flowers. |
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Aquilegia New for 2013 |
Open flowers, with an interesting pinch to the petals ex A glandulosa |
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Aquilegia ex 1994 |
Interesting seedling, supposedly from A. buergeriana! New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1773 |
Another strange one, supposedly from A colchica, which Nold's monograph says should be blue & white. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1679-80 New for 2013 |
Seedlings of A. 'Ballerina' all came out exactly the same …but as a black single rather than a pink double. I strongly suspect this was wrongly-labelled seeds. If I'm wrong you may get pink doubles amongst your seedlings. Strong & floriferous. |
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Aquilegia ex 954 |
Such gorgeous contrast of the yellow anthers against the near-black petals. Ex Aquilegia 'Miss M I Huish', a 'Black Barlow type.' |
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Aquilegia ex 1158 |
Single black flowers. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1201 Sold out 2013 |
Black single. Ya-wow! |
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Now we move onto the Touchwood range of seeds from BICOLOURED SINGLES. Firstly the vulgaris-types then the long-spurred ones. |
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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. |
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Aquilegia ex 1796 New for 2013 |
Rather taller than usual, at 3.5' / or just over a metre high, this has longish straight spurs. A strong and long-flowering plant. As this is a seedling from 955 (creamy yellow single) so offspring will be variable. |
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Aquilegia ex 1297 |
Pale marbled blue and white. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets. |
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Aquilegia ex 188 Sold out 2013 |
Not only a most beautiful lilac and white, but very early, and scented too! Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets. |
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Aquilegia ex 1326 Dwarf blue & white New for 2013 |
This dwarf blue and white single came from purported A kuhistanica seeds …but that species is unlikely to actually exist. This is pretty though, isn't it? |
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Aquilegia ex 1771 |
From seed that I had labelled A colchica, this is certainly the correct colour and has the strongly hooked spurs. However the blades are not truncate and I have no idea if this actually resembles A colchica, especially as sister seedlings were very different. New for 2013 and well worth growing even if offspring are variable. |
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Aquilegia ex 1212 New for 2013 Sold out 2013 |
Although most flowers are single, and produced over a very long season, this small blue and white started out with double flowers with a distinct yellow glow to the white. Tall, a good 4' 130cms, and floriferous yet setting very few seeds indeed. Expect variable seedlings. |
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Aquilegia ex 1383 |
Most amazing hybrid (it came from a lemon pink long-spurred!). It just flowered and flowered for about 10 weeks (2010) at about 3.5-4' tall (1-1.2m). Early flowers had deformed spurs (bumbles?) but later showed the beautiful long curled spurs that adorn this plant. What on earth will offspring be like? Let's find out! |
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Aquilegia ex 1876 |
Possibly a self-sown seedling of the above plant, 1383, but darker New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 534 |
Fairly late flowering is this large indigo and white scented |
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Aquilegia ex 1677 |
Indigo & white, large flower, the mother plant was 821, a double. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1908 longer spur New for 2013 |
An exciting hybrid of A. 'Elegance' x chrysantha so expect very variable offspring including golden leaved ones.
Some flowers were double, and you can see the yellow influence of the chrysantha genes in the colour as the buds open. |
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Aquilegia ex 2120 longer spur New for 2013 |
Another exciting hybrid this time of A. 'Elegance' x ? … Again, expect very variable offspring including golden leaved ones. |
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Aquilegia ex 1974 Sold out 2013 |
An interesting hybrid of a huge blue & white double with a ruby & white long-spurred cultivar. Offspring will therefore vary. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1880 New for 2013 |
Lovely spurs. Chance seedling from my slender white single. Offspring will vary. |
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Aquilegia ex 1542 |
A seedling from 999, a white-edged black, like 1673 below. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1470 New for 2013 |
Isn't that lovely? It has quite spreading blades, and came from 1000, purple striped with an open centre. |
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Aquilegia ex 884 |
Well-coloured single. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 2059 |
From a red & white stripy parent came this black and white single New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1864 New for 2013 |
From the same red & white stripy parent also came this black and white single …with some double flowers. |
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Aquilegia ex 999 New for 2013 |
Deep purple-black with a white trim. This is giving rise to some very desirable offspring including similar ones to itself, eg 1673 Isn't that different? |
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Aquilegia ex 1673 New for 2013 |
Deep purple-black with a white trim. Look at those long blades (the inner ring that hangs down). From 999, which is very similar. |
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Touchwood Harmony Mix Yellow bicoloured mix from 6 parents New for 2013 |
These are unusual, they are the sorts of colours found in large, long-spurred aquilegias, but these are often only vulgaris-sized blooms. Some may hold their heads hanging like the vulgaris cultivars rather than the long-spurred ones, which face outwards. Yes, you've guessed, these are hybrids. Because of this, you'll be likely to get some very different and unusual offspring from this seed mix. There's also the opportunity to buy seeds from individual plants, as featured below. |
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Aquilegia ex 1507 |
These 2-tone (or blushed) yellow flowers are midsized and borne on a plant that may prove to be slightly shorter than the usual 3'. This is a self sown seedling, possibly from chrysantha (that I thought usually came true …what results have YOU had with Touchwood's chrysantha seeds?). A hybrid, so offspring likely to be very variable …and probably desirable as well! |
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Aquilegia ex 1907 |
I lost the label, but this is possibly an 'Elegance' x chrysantha hybrid New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1828 New for 2013 |
Another exciting hybrid this time of A. 'Elegance' x ? …where ? means I couldn't read the writing at harvest-time! Again, expect very variable offspring including golden leaved ones. |
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Aquilegia ex 1656 New for 2013 |
This came from a red & yellow double. Offspring may give exciting surprises! |
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Aquilegia ex 904 New for 2013 |
Seedling from 'Perfumed Garden' mix |
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Aquilegia ex 1757 |
Small flowers in orange and yellow. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1739 |
Large flowers in pink and yellow. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1232 |
This dark pink single has yellow inside the rim, on a plant growing to about 15-24'tall (50-65cms) A hybrid, so offspring likely to be very variable. |
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Aquilegia ex 1723 New for 2013 |
Creamy yellow centre on this unusual bicolour, from a blushed yellow double. |
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Aquilegia ex 1655 |
The maroon colour is 'sludgier' on the outside, I love it! From a red & yellow double New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1435 New for 2013 Sold out 2013 |
One of the most beautiful aquilegias I have seen. Subtle colouring, lovely form, and just a little larger than a vulgaris bloom. Lightly scented.
A chance seedling from longissima. (which may have been another yellow species, it usually is!) VERY few seeds are set either naturally or when I cross-pollinated or selfed it …most crosses failed or offered few seeds. |
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Aquilegia ex 1578 New for 2013 |
Very desirable colours, will it pass these onto its offspring? Parent plants were 821 (blue and creamy white double) x 835 (pink & yellow double). I tried crossing this plant with 3 different others (including itself), and all failed, luckily there's some open-pollinated seed available. |
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Aquilegia ex 1725 dark with yellow inside single New for 2013 |
Wow, how good is THAT!? A seedling of 'Elegance' x ? …yes the cross-pollination label faded before harvest so only the mother parent was known. This has 'Elegance's dark colour but is bicoloured with yellow inside, so presume yellow genes from the pollen parent. Hopfully I'll get some golden leaved aquilegias in the next generation, and so will you. |
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Aquilegia ex 1744 New for 2013 |
From a large purple & white double. Pic lhs shows 1744 vs an indigo coloured sepal. Another seedling, like the above, of 'Elegance' x ? …yes the cross-pollination label faded before harvest so only the mother parent was known. |
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HYBRIDS from TOUCHWOOD New for 2013 I've had great fun with hybridising in 2011 and seeing the results this year, 2012. There are some hybrids (f1 generations) that appear fairly uniform, because their two parent plants were standard cultivars, strains or species. Here I share with you some of those splendid ranges. Choose which hybrid and you will usually get seed from a particular numbered plant …if you want to try seed from different plants then that's what you will get if you order more than 1 packet of a certain hybrid. Be aware you will NOT get offspring the same as these plants. You will be growing the f2 generation so expect a glorious array of all sorts of characteristics from each of the parent plant as well as the hybrid itself. That's why I inform you what the parentage is, both here and elsewhere in my list where I offer plants grown from seeds that I have pollinated myself. There will also be further consternation/ excitement/ chaos/ fortune caused by natural cross-pollination by bumble bees bringing in OTHER characteristics (genes) not found in these hybrids or their parents. Buy, sow, and have fun! And do let me know your results. I find growing long-spurred types difficult here in Swansea, I think our winters are to 'warm' and wet for them to thrive. These hybrids show tremendous vigour, the 1 year old plants were far larger than I think I've ever grown any long-spurreds in one year …though most were also grown to flowering in nursery rows rather than being potted up in the winter. |
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ex Touchwood Hybrid A Pink & creamy long-spurred 2 - 2.5' New for 2013 |
HYBRID A is Aquilegia chrysantha x a "dark pink & cream long spurred" There was some variation in colour tint of the pink and the cream in these offspring, however the differences were not as great as tint differences between when a flower first opens and the colour it fades to when fully open and mature. You can see those differences for yourself with the 2 photos that show 2 flowers …both have a just-opened and a more mature flower. |
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ex Touchwood Hybrid B Red & creamy yellow long-spurred 2-3' ![]() |
HYBRID B is Aquilegia chrysantha x a "red and creamy yellow, long spurred" Very little variation between plants, see the photo top left of 2 flowers, each from a different plant. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 3' 1m Red & yellow long-spurred New for 2013 |
HYBRID C is Aquilegia chrysantha x a "red & yellow species type" The flowers are rather smaller than Touchwood Hybrids A & B, but the phenomenal colours make them more magnificent in the garden. The next generation of plants should include larger sized flowers as the A chrysantha genes Very little variation between plants, a really intense red & yellow, a real showstopper. I had so many plants all the same that I sold some and they went as quickly as I put them out. Strong plants and very floriferous over a very long period, they only disappointed me because they set very little seed indeed. |
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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 type of flowers in this beautiful painting. By the way, for more Aquilegia Artwork visit http://www.aquilegiaholic.at/page69.html |
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Aquilegia ex 1657 New for 2013 |
The most spectacular plant in the nursery rows in full flower for the first time, 2012. Must be the biggest plant I've ever grown in 1 year!
It was supposed to be 'silver Queen' a white long-spurred sort but evidently a hybrid as not really long spurred, but still the same large blooms. It flowered early and just kept going until one of the last to still be in flower. Why? Well, unfortunately it set very little seed, sometimes these hybrids are like mules and just are not fertile. |
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Aquilegia ex |
I have seed from several of these plants. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 2055 Sold out 2013 |
A cross of buergeriana and chrysantha, so expect surprise offspring! New for 2013 |
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Aquilegi ex 2117 New for 2013 |
Slightly blushed, is this Harbutt's hybrid. |
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Aquilegia ex 2069 |
From a cream & white long-spurred, this has more yellow tint. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex salmon long-spurred |
Love the colour on this long-spurred. New for 2013 Sold out 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1812 |
From a red & white long-spurred. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex red & cream long-spurred |
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 2010 Dark pink & creamy long-spurred New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1046 |
Dark pink and cream long-spurred. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets |
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Aquilegia ex 1008 |
Flowered for the first time in 2009, so is proving long-lived for these sorts of plants at Touchwood. Hopefully the offspring will also be suited to our conditions, although the colours in resulting seedlings may vary. |
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Aquilegia ex 1909 |
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1466 |
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1496 |
Rather nice flowers, came from a yellow double so offspring may offer some good surprises. |
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Aquilegia ex 2091 |
Good yellow colour. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1826 New for 2013 |
I absolutely love this. A long spurred 2-tone yellow yet with nodding blooms. And some scent. A seedling from a cross of buergeriana x chrysantha by my Austrian friend, so expect unusual offspring. |
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Aquilegia ex 2003 |
A flavescens seedling New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1356 2-tone yellow long-spurred |
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1992 Blushed yellow mid-sized long-spurred |
Chrysantha x blushed yellow double. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1559 Blushed yellow smallish long-spurred |
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1996 |
A flavescens seedling New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1658 |
Seedling from a double in these colours. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1065 |
Yellow long spurred with blushed sepals. Wow …this was a floriferous winner this year (2010) with a strong yet delicate presence over a long period. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets Pic also shows the double 1061 which has similar colouring. |
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Aquilegia ex 1676 |
Fairly short, this hybrid is a seedling of the cross buergeriana x vulgaris made by Robert Hock New for 2013 Sold out 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1859 |
A McKana hybrid New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 2116 |
A Harbutt's hybrid New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1737 |
Fairly short, 15" / 40cms this is a seedling of an orange & yellow double. Rather like a Spring Magic plant. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1738 New for 2013 |
Fairly short, 15" / 40cms this is a seedling of an orange & yellow double. Brother to the above, but a stronger yellow. Rather like a Spring Magic plant. |
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Aquilegia ex 2011 |
Seedling from a red & yellow double. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 2044 orangy-red & yellow mid-sized long-spurred |
Hybrid seedling from cross-pollination of A. chrysantha x a blushed yellow double . 2.5' 80-90cms New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 2042 orangy-red & yellow mid-sized long-spurred New for 2013 |
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Sister to the above, but taller at 3.5' 100-120cms …the photo lhs shows them both growing together. 1633 is the special blue & white double behind them. Hybrid seedling from cross-pollination of A. chrysantha x a blushed yellow double. |
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Aquilegia ex 1341 orangey-red & yellow long spurred |
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Aquilegia ex 1825 Red & yellow long-spurred New for 2013 |
A seedling from A. hinckleyana, I love this, especially looking at the flowers from behind, and the buds before they open. ![]() |
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Aquilegia ex 1995 Rose & yellow long spurred |
Seedling from (supposedly) A. flavescens. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1220 Red & yellow long spurred |
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1824 short red & light yellow long spurred |
Seedling from A buergeriana ! New for 2013 |
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Aquilegi ex 1675 |
Seedling from a red & yellow double, very similar looking to Spring Magic rose & ivory, but this one is a little darker in colour. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1672 short red & yellow long spurred |
Sister to the above. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1832 light slatey purple & yellow long-spurred |
Great colouring …seedling from a red & yellow long-spurred New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1831 Slatey maroon & yellow long-spurred |
Sister to the above …seedling from a red & yellow long-spurred New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1529 |
Sister to the above two …seedling from a red & yellow long-spurred New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1665 Sold out 2013 |
Great colouring … Seedling from a crimson & white long-spurred. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1651 |
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1742 New for 2013 |
Seedling from a similarly coloured long-spurred parent. |
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~ AQUILEGIA LONG-SPURRED MIX (from 35 mother plants) |
eg McKanas, Dragonfly, coerulea hybrids, Songbird series etc. USUALLY these are bicoloured, having either white or yellows as the second colour. The yellow, of course, can be any shade from creamy to orangey. |
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Aquilegia Touchwood Yellows mix from 17 parents New for 2013 |
What a great selection …from all types of yellow singles with a few doubles added for even greater effect. Most parents were long spurred Aquilegia chrysantha types including blushed yellow ones, some will be smaller flowered or even nodding blooms. |
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Now let's look at seed collected from my many and varied DOUBLE FORMS Then stellata (clematis-flowered) forms, then variegated and golden leaved |
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Aquilegia ex 1148 Short white double |
Upward facing flowers New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1441 Sold out 2013 White pleated double |
Beautiful, and so easy to place in the garden. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 2075 White pleated double |
I'm separating out some more of my popular white doubles, so you can buy several types and have a wider gene pool. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1641 White pleated double New for 2013 |
Supposedly a seedling from 835 (pink & yellow double) selfed! |
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Aquilegia ex 1453 White full double |
Do you like these full, pompom-like doubles? Whatever happened to the old art of making wool pompoms to adorn bobble-hats? I guess people rarely knit their own hats now, they and the pompoms are machine-made. |
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Aquilegia ex 1983 White pompom double |
Oops, just found out that I have no photo of this, the pic given will be a similar sort. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1881 White variable double New for 2013 |
A chance seedling from my slender white single, this has longer spurs but very variable and unusual shape. Worth a go to find out what type of offspring will result. |
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Aquilegia ex 1400 Creamy white double |
Again a most desirable form, the flowers are set off by dark stems and it is scented. Parentage unknown, this was a self-sown seedling. |
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Aquilegia ex 1248 Short creamy white double |
A hint of lilac, and it is scented. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 2056 Large creamy white double Sold out 2013 |
A seedling from buergeriana x chrysantha, from an Austrian friend. Goodness knows where the doubling came from! .New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1244 Off-white spiky double Sold out 2013 |
Love this hybrid from my amazing red & yellow variable crossed by a marbled blue double. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1497 Hint of a tint of pink double |
The spiky pompoms of A. vulgaris stellata in their double Barlow form are always intriguing additions to your garden. Especially this one, it's not a colour you're likely to find elsewhere. |
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Aquilegia ex 774 Hint of a tint of pink full double |
Hint of a tint of pink full double |
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Aquilegia ex 1615 Colour-washed, warm white double |
A seedling from a pink & yellow double, this has colour-washed spurs, very pretty. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 491 Hint of a tint of pink full double New for 2013 |
Oops. No photo, I've used the one from 774 on rhs and the lhs is of the mother plant (which itself came from 'Flamboyant'). |
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Aquilegia ex 1714 Hint of a tint of pink pleated double |
From one described as 'creamy yellow' came this striking pleated double. I grew several and others were similar but more 2-tone, they are listed below in bicolours. Hopefully you, too, should get a good proportion (or all) similar ones. 2-tone colour, just creamy from the 'bottom/front' view Note the plant stems have little or no purple in them. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1120 Sold out 2013 Short, light pink double |
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Aquilegia ex 1363 Pink, with hint of apricot, small double New for 2013 |
Expect surprises as the parent plant was an A. ecalcarata! |
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Aquilegia ex 743 Light pink pleated |
Light pink pleated double. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets. |
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Aquilegia ex 1637 pink double |
Has nice red stems. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1719 Pink full double |
A sparkling addition to your collection. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1154 Pink pleated double |
Very special. The flowering performance of this plant is unsurpassed in my garden. Starts early, the first double to flower usually, alongside the 'Spring Magic' range, and gives its outstandingly spectacular performance for weeks. Parentage? Unknown as self-sown!
Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets. |
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Aquilegia ex 1264 Pink variable |
Pink variable: most flowers are frilly doubles but some are singles or stellatas |
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Aquilegia ex 1263 Pink pleated double |
Pink pleated double |
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Aquilegia ex 1397 Stellata pink double |
More double than the usual clematis-flowered stellata forms, but not as doubled as the Barlow type, is this rather alluring flower. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets. |
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Aquilegia ex 1914 2-tone pink double |
Another exciting hybrid this time of A. 'Elegance' x ? …where ? means I couldn't read the writing at harvest-time! Looks like there's yellow genes in there somewhere …Expect very variable offspring including golden leaved ones. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1233 Pink pompom double New for 2013 Sold out 2013 |
Gorgeous! |
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Aquilegia ex pink pompom double Sold out 2013 |
Note the white-green stem, this is a marbled pink, some selection can be made as soon as they germinate (don't waste the other seedlings though!). These marbled colours have white mixed in with the base colour to give unusual shades. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1915 Pink & white stripy open |
Delicate colours, seedling from 613 hence the open petals. Sold out 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex pink stellata-type double |
Slightly doubled type of stellata. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex spiky pink double New for 2013 Sold out 2013 |
Like a pink feather duster! |
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Aquilegia ex 1632 Large pink stellata-type double New for 2013 Sold out 2013 |
From an apricot-pink & yellow double came this one that evidently has stellata in its genes! LARGE flower, big impact. White stripes with the pink. |
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Aquilegia ex darkish pink double New for 2013 |
Sorry about the battered flower. We had gales. |
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Aquilegia ex 1385 Dark pink Barlow type Sold out 2013 |
Isn't that captivating? Should come fairly true from seed. |
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Aquilegia ex Ruby doubles Ruby doubles, from several plants. |
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Aquilegia ex 869 Small crimson double New for 2013 |
Later flowers are small singles, very delicate. A seedling from my amazing red & yellow double. |
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Aquilegia ex 1877 Ruby double New for 2013 |
Very different. Longer spurs, this was from a pink double that also had the longer spurs. |
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Aquilegia ex 1116 Lilac double Sold out 2013 |
Extraordinary colour, lighter inside. Scented New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 905 Lilac double |
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 900a |
Tall light blue double. 2010 I saw that my tallest plant in the border was this …and yet the label said '900 SHORT lilac stellata' Oops …looks like there were 2 seedlings and this flowered this year and almost took over the border with its height and floriferousness. Or should that be floriferocity? |
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Aquilegia ex 1597 Tiniest hint of blue pleated double New for 2013 |
No, I cannot see the hint in this pic, nor on the flowers this year (2102) but it had been there the previous season, just a fine blue shadowing. |
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Aquilegia ex 1518 Light marbled blue variable double |
Light marbled blue variable double. The photo shows some of the variation: a sort of stellata form. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets. |
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Aquilegia ex 479 Light marbled blue double New for 2013 |
Light marbled blue double. |
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Aquilegia ex 948 Barlow type of marbled blue double New for 2013 |
Marbled blue full double with green sepals |
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Aquilegia ex 1684 Barlow type of marbled blue double |
Son of the above New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1965 Marbled blue double |
Seedling from my slender white single. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1782 Marbled blue double |
Came as 'tower Light Blue' but this is a darker shade than all its siblings. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 738 Marbled blue double |
Marbled blue full double with green sepals. Like all marbled blues, even these dark colours may be selected as soon as they germinate, just discard any with purple in the leaf stem. |
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Aquilegia ex 1735 |
This colour I usually describe as 'denim' because the dark blue is mixed with white. Yet on this one it has NOT got a white-green stem but one with purple in, despite the greeny sepals. Mother plant was described to me as a 'lilac & white pleated double'. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 742 Good blue double |
A particularly good shade of blue, very vibrant and extremely floriferous. |
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Aquilegia ex 1804 Good blue pleated double |
A good shade of blue, strong self-sown plant. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1634 2-tone blue frilly double |
Well scented, from a similar parent. 2' / 60-70cms New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex blue pompom |
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1417 indigo double |
Sorry, pic looks purple! New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1499 Indigo pompom double |
Bound to be popular! New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1789 Indigo pompom double New for 2013 |
If a flower has at least 5 rows of petals (and 10 around in a circle) ie 50 petals minimum, I'm terming it a pompom form. Some of the very best pompoms may have up to 10 rows …100 petals! |
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Aquilegia ex 761 Purply-blue pleated double |
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1504 Purple double |
Good purple colour in the popular pleated double form. |
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Aquilegia ex1866 Dark purple full double |
Large flowers on a shorter plant, from a double, dark crimson flower that had yellow inside. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1743 2-tone purple double |
Good purple colour and some scent. Yes, the flower looks single … New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1791 2-tone purple pompom New for 2013 Sold out 2013 |
Has some scent. Came from a similar mother plant. |
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Aquilegia ex 1250 Black double |
Hmmm …This started out as a bell-shaped single …when I took the photo, then later flowers were doubles, but I took no photo, sorry! Goodness knows what they were like …I don't remember. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 791 Black double New for 2013 |
All these flowers that I call 'black' are actually the closest to black that you can get in an aquilegia. There are some variations in colour depth between different plants, but usually the photos show more variation than is actually there as it depends on conditions and environment when the photo was taken. The 'black' is usually deepest crimson (like the colour in 'William Guiness' but sometimes it seems to me that its deepest indigo. |
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Aquilegia ex 956 Black feather duster |
Small flowers and rather different, like an elongated spiky Barlow and definitely feather-duster-like in shape. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets. Sold out 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 616 Black double |
Rich deep burgundy/black double Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets. |
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Aquilegia ex 13 Black double New for 2013 |
Great combination, black Aquilegia No 13 with white flowers of Sweet Cicely |
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Aquilegia 2002 Black pleated double New for 2013 |
Surprise seedling from an apricot-pink & yellow mother plant! Whenever I use the word black I mean the deepest crimson that verges on black, although some may be slightly different shades and tones, they will all be satisfyingly dark, and very handsome. Cameras can never catch the depth of colour in these flowers …unless taken against a light background …then it can be overdone! |
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Now let's discover the current Touchwood range of seeds from BICOLOURED DOUBLES. Here the second colour is always white (or creamy) The list starts pinks, reds then blues, purples to black. |
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Aquilegia ex palest pink & white pleated double New for 2013 |
Palest pink and creamy white. From one described as 'creamy yellow' came these striking pleated doubles. I grew several and all were the same so hopefully you, too, should get a good proportion (or all) similar ones. Note the plant stems have little or no purple in them, and are more '2-tone' than 'bicoloured'. 1754 is lhs and 1756 rhs pic. |
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Aquilegia ex 1999 Pale pink & creamy hybrid, becoming double |
A wonderful pale pink & creamy white with longish spurs than then produced double flowers. This is a hybrid of 'Elegant Ruby' x a pink & yellow double. Therefore the next, f2, generation will likely be very variable including golden leaved ones. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1630 Pale pink & white hybrid, double |
Sister to the above. This is a hybrid of 'Elegant Ruby' x a pink & yellow double. Therefore the next, f2, generation will likely be very variable including golden leaved ones. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1640 Pale pink & white double |
Seedling from a pink & yellow double, selfed. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1837 Pale pink & white pleated double |
A seedling from 'Strawberry Icecream' that is a lighter pink. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1378 Late pink & white double |
Besides being generally enchanting, this plant has another big benefit, it flowers rather later than most vulgaris, so extends the season. Let's see what the offspring offer. |
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Aquilegia ex 1945 Pink & white pleated double |
Seedling from aquilegia 'Flamboyant' New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1985 Pink & white full double New for 2013 |
From a ruby & creamy yellow double came this showstopper! See sister, below. |
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Aquilegia ex 1624 Pink & white pleated double |
Sister to the above and looks far better than the photo shows! New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1984 Pink & white double |
Part of my breeding programme, came 835 (pink & yellow double) selfed. You can see the creaminess to the 'white', and there's longer spurs. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1753 Pink & white full double |
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1631 Pink & white double |
Perhaps more of a 2-tone pink, it starts quite creamy. This is a hybrid seedling of 'Elegant Ruby' x a pink & yellow double, so expect interesting offspring including golden leaved ones. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1720 Pink & creamy white small double |
Goodness knows the parent plant …I rescued this from my sales table because I couldn't bear to part with it! New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 875 Pink & white stripy double New for 2013 |
Pink and white spiky quilled striped double. |
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Aquilegia ex 1223 stripy pink and white double |
Loose stripy pink and white stellata-ish |
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Aquilegia ex 1329 Pink & white stripy loose stellata |
Voluptuous variable variety, very valuable! |
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Aquilegia ex 1875 Pink & white stripy double |
Oh dear no photo, anyway ex 'Devon Sunshine', a pink & yellow double from Plant World. New for 2013 |
Well worth sowing even though there's no photo! |
Aquilegia ex 1623 ruby & white pleated double |
From a ruby & creamy double. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1622 |
Sister to the above, from a ruby & creamy double. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1759 New for 2013 |
This is a hybrid seedling of either 'Elegant Ruby' x ecalcarata OR 613 x ? yes, I muddled up the labels on 2 crosseds so it's one or the other!!!! Doesn't 'look' like either set of parents is likely, but that's aquilegias for you! I assume the next generation will guide me to know which cross it was! |
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Aquilegia ex 1642 Red & creamy double New for 2013 |
Opening creamy yellow than aging just about white. This is a hybrid seedling of a 'William Guiness' double form x ecalcarata , let's find out what traits offspring have! Note I also crossed the same mother with a pink & yellow double, which gave similar effect. Strange..see below |
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Aquilegia ex 1816 Red & creamy double New for 2013 |
Opening creamy yellow than aging just about white. This is a hybrid seedling of a 'William Guiness' double form x a pink & yellow double , let's find out what traits offspring have! I'm hoping for more yellow in some of the f2 generation. |
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Aquilegia ex 2006 Deepest ruby, creamy inside double New for 2013 |
From an apricot pink & yellow double. |
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Aquilegia ex 1459 Crimson & white double |
Crimson & white double. |
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Aquilegia ex 1259 Crimson & white double |
Crimson & white double. |
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Aquilegia ex 1790 Ruby & white full double New for 2013 |
Exceptional, and upward facing. From ruby and creamy double. |
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Aquilegia ex 1161 Red & white striped tattydouble New for 2013 Sold out 2013 |
Large, somewhat variable flowers, a seedling from'Flamboyant'. |
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Aquilegia ex 330 Ruby & white Barlowish |
Complete with stripes! |
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Aquilegia ex Red & white stripy double |
Enthralling. |
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Aquilegia ex 1700 Large blue and white double. |
Large blue and white double. From a large blue & white double x red & white long-spurred, so expect surprises from these seeds!. New for 2013 |
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ex 1457 Blue and white double |
Blue and white double. Seedling from 'Flamboyant', so expect varied offspring. |
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Aquilegia ex 558 Large blue and white frilly double. |
Large …Look at the size compared to my hand! New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1801 Blue and white double. |
Self-sown!. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1777 Large blue & white double New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1766 Sold out 2013 Large blue and white stripy double. |
From a friend's similarly blue striped plant. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 821 Indigo and white full double |
Extraordinary, floriferous amazing indigo and white (starts creamy) double.
After 2 years of selling these seeds, I suddenly realised: it's indigo & white not blue & white! |
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Aquilegia ex 1633 Blue and white double New for 2013 |
Blue and white double, starts creamy. It was a HUGE plant in it's first flowering year (2012) and wowed everyone who saw it. Seedling from 821 (indigo & creamy double) x a pink & yellow double, so expect varied offspring. MOST AMAZING |
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Aquilegia ex 1863 Indigo and white full double |
Seedling from 821 (indigo & creamy double) x a pink & yellow double, so expect varied offspring. Sister to the above. Both these look very like their mother plant, I expect more of the fathers pink & yellow genes will be apparent in the next generation. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1818 Indigo & white double longer blades |
Indigo and white double from my slender white single. Very different and exciting. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1149 Indigo & white frilly double |
Doesn't look very double here, sorry it's a poor flower. It is scented. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1509 indigo & white double New for 2013 |
Indigo and white double, ex 'Flamboyance'! Slightly variable, a pleated double that may give stripy flowers. |
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Aquilegia ex 1618 Indigo & white double |
From a pompom form. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1636 Indigo & white double |
From a red & white double …let's hope for exciting variation from this one! New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1230 & 1843 Indigo & white full double New for 2013 |
1230 & 1843 are both seedlings from supposedly 'Adelaide Addison', and the first flowers certainly looked like that wonderful cultivar (left). However later flowers were very full doubles (right) which I don't think is correct. Does anyone know? |
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Aquilegia ex 1861 Dark indigo & white pleated double New for 2013 |
A little darker than 821, more an indigo-black colour, and has some stripiness on some flowers, see left. Seedling from 821 (indigo & creamy double) x a pink & yellow double, so expect varied offspring. |
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Aquilegia ex 1741 Large indigo-purple & white double |
Huge, open double flowers. From a large blue & white double x red & white long-spurred, so expect surprises from these seeds! New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia Ex 889 Unusual purple-blue & white double |
Surprise seedling from a cream & apricot, and it's scented. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1030 Purple & white double |
A sort-of Barlow flower, which always attracts a lot of attention. |
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Aquilegia ex 1654 Purple & creamy double |
From a delicate black & white double. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1599 Purple-black double |
Now THIS is special. A hybrid of 'William Guiness' double x A. ecalcarata (it gets that lovely curved flower stem from the later). The colour is slightly more purple than the black of 'William Guiness'. It will be interesting to see the varied f2 offspring. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex black, lighter inside, becoming double New for 2013 |
From an apricot pink & yellow double came this surprise seedling. Early flowers were single, I've included a photo so you can see the lighter colour inside. May give very exciting offspring! |
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Aquilegia ex 998 Whiter-edged purple-black double |
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Aquilegia ex 1179 Delicate black & white double |
From a large lilac & white double. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1005 Black & white double |
Varying from black & white to white-edged black ,double. |
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Aquilegia ex 1181 Black & white double |
Sometimes stripy. New for 2013 |
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Now let's look at the stellata or star forms. Also known as clematis-flowered. |
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Aquilegia ex stellata white |
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 ex 2054 white stellata-variable New for 2013 |
Not always a stellata form, see the spurs on the photo. Lost the label so I don't know the parent plant! |
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Aquilegia ex 1494 Stellata grey-white |
Well not exactly grey but a greeny creamy white that isn't as bright at the usual white sort. Has a special charm, due, I think, to the long curved stem from which the flower hangs. Mother plant was an unusual lilac double. |
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Aquilegia ex 2013 White not-stellata! New for 2013 |
Well, I've put this with the stellatas, as that's the shape, but look, it has spurs on the flowers! Mother plant was a marbled blue Barlow type. Let's find out what the offspring look like. |
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Aquilegia ex 1740 Pink variable clematis flowered |
From 'Flamboyant' New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1687 Stellata creamy pink |
Very special. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1674 Ruby stellata |
From 999, an unusual white-edged flower with long drooping blades. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 962 Small ruby clematis-flowered type New for 2013 |
Not really a stellata form, see the spurs on the photo. But this fits in best here rather than elsewhere. I like using the term 'clematis-flowered because these look like some sorts of clematis rather than the huge wise hybrids! Small flowers. |
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Aquilegia ex 1315 ruby stellata |
Love that curved flower stem! New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1255 Unusual crimson becoming stellata |
Dark colour, variable flowers, came from a 'wine stellata', so I assume it's come 'true', or close to it. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 2019 Ruby stellata |
From a creamy pink stellata, like 1687 New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 671 Stellata light marbled blue New for 2013 |
Very special. Stellata s usually come true from seed, as there are no spurs and that means no nectar and so no bees to cross-pollinate. |
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Aquilegia ex 1620 White-edged stellata variable |
Rather variable flowers, and I love the white edges. From a similar parent plant New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1787 Stellata blue, possibly variable |
Seedling from 613 New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 2061 Stellata indigo New for 2013 |
Seedling from 'Apple Blossom'. |
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Aquilegia ex2119 Stellata indigo-purple New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex1321 Stellata purple |
From an darkish pink A. ecalcarata hybrid that looked rather like a Barlow shape. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex stellata black |
Great impact. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1345 Stellata pink & white |
Well, the first flowers were stellata forms, but then some sprouted spurs. Goodness knows what the parent was …the label had snapped! Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets |
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Aquilegia ex2094 Large pale pinky yellow variable stellata/ long spurred |
I assume these forms (& see next entries) are hybrids of long spurred sorts with stellatas. In that case stellata shouldn't be used as a form, so I will use it here in a descriptive sense only! This is a seedling from 1015 New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1015 Stellata type, HUGE pink flowers Sold out 2013 |
Stellata form, HUGE pink flowers on a tall plant: 4-5'. At least that's what it was in it's first year of flowering because in its second year things changed to become very variable. Alongside the stellata form was deformed ones and (best of the lot) large longish spurred pink and yellow striped flowers.I assume these forms (see next entries) are hybrids of long spurred sorts with stellatas.Can't wait to see the next generation! |
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Aquilegia ex 1099 Peachy-pink stellata type |
Peachy-pink stellata. Well that was what it was in its 1st year (right) but this year (2010) its been variable with many flowers opening out to a peachy-pink and yellow long spurred type (left) |
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The final sorts in this section are the ones with golden or variegated leaves. |
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Aquilegia ex 1942 Pink, gold leaf |
Gold leaf. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 929 (and other) |
Gold leaf, elegant deepest ruby almost black flower. (pic right) Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets. |
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Aquilegia ex gold leaf Elegant indigo-purple |
Gold leaf, elegant indigo-purple flower. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets. |
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Aquilegia ex 1613 ex gold leaf Elegant purple |
Gold leaf, Sorry about the poor pic. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1524 Gold leaf marbled pink double. |
Gold leaf, Hint of marbled pink double. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets. |
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Aquilegia ex 920 Gold leaf marbled blue |
Gold leaf marbled blue becoming double. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets. |
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Aquilegia ex Lil's gold leaf blue & white |
Gold leaf I've some spare seed of this from a friend, so you've also got the chance to try it. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets. |
Blue & white |
Aquilegia ex 1167 Variegated leaf, light pink |
Variegated leaf New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 729 Variegated purple stellata |
Variegated leaf New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1305 Variegated white double |
Variegated leaf. Well, last year this was a hint of a tint of pink double, but I took no photo. This year I'd definitely call it a white pleated double. I cannot see any hint of pink! Sort of new for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 898 Variegated indigo frilly double. |
Variegated leaf, indigo frilly double. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets. |
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~ Aquilegiachatlist Remaining seeds from the seed exchange. |
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. Just order as: aquilegiachatlist and the description given below. If you don't say aquilegiachatlist then I won't be able to find them! Choose from these: OR CHOOSE 10 for '10 incl postage. It should be the ones listed and other donations (not listed, as Touchwood lists them above) …you'll have to be surprised! |
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Carrie, Just a quick note to let you know that I received my seed order last week and promptly got them stratified this past weekend. Thanks again for offering these seeds and dealing with my order in a prompt and efficient manner. I look forward to seeing the outcome of this purchase in 2011. Best regards, Jonathan Thompson, Canada'Dear Carrie, you have done it again. You have infected me with the severest form of aquilegia fever. Here is my order for this year. A. Volkenborn, Germany. 'Coming to your website is always a feast for the eyes especially right now in the dead of winter. Blessings and thanks,'Maureen Smith, Ontario, Canada 'A big thank you for the wonderful aquilegias that we have in our garden now following the acquisition of your seeds last year. They are quite splendid and thriving in spite of the weather and the North Yorkshire climate. Kindest regards, Mike Holden. 2012 I was so overwhelmed by those exiting aquilegias you sell, that I ordered almost all just double ones. However I overlooked those more elegant ones, singles and maybe fragrants as well. I felt very sad, because I thought that I had to wait another year to make a new order. And then to wait another year to see them in bloom. That's much too long. So I decided to make another order this year. ;-) Reinhard Oberleitner, Austria |
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Connoisseurs' Choice...of doubles with yellow in them. Lots of new ones for 2013! |
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I've started collecting double forms of red and yellow American types and 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.'All seeds are £2 a packet, reductions for 6 or more packets. |
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ex 1040 |
Yellow double |
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ex 1018 |
Yellow double. The first year from seed this was only 15" tall …now it's normal size. Why does this happen ….could it be that the pots I re-use had contained plants that had been sprayed with something that keeps them compact? Is that possible …anyone know? |
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ex 2109 Sold out 2013 |
Yellow double, seedling from 1050. New for 2013 |
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ex 1765 |
Hybrid of a large blue & white double x a pink & yellow double, expect exciting variations in the offspring! New for 2013 |
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ex 911 |
Light yellow double with blushed spurs. |
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ex 1639 New for 2013 |
From 1061 pink & yellow double comes this delightful character.
Big enough (and on tallish plants, about 1m) to make a good impact in the garden, these are also dainty enough for me to use as a beautiful corsage …together with singles of a similar size and hues. |
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ex 1532 |
New for 2013 |
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ex 1508 |
As seen on TV! S4C Bwy yn yr Ardd, June 2012 LINK TO YOUTUBE VERSION. It's in Welsh, there's a subtitle button to press to get English written captions. |
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ex 1904 New for 2013 |
Hybrid of A. chrysantha x pink & yellow double. |
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ex 1991 New for 2013 |
Hybrid of A. chrysantha x pink & yellow double. |
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ex 1281 New for 2013 |
Lovely pink and creamy yellow double, the cream ages nearly white.'Expect some offspring to be more yellow as this is a hybrid of an apricot-pink & yellow double x a pink and yellow large double. |
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ex 1188 |
Very light purply pink and creamy yellow double. |
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ex 1751 |
From a double pink long spurred. Very special and such unusual shades that I'm putting it here. New for 2013 |
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ex 828 |
Apricot pink full double, tending to become more pink as it ages. |
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ex 1039 |
Peachy (yellow with pink) double. Also has some single flowers later. |
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ex 1629 |
A seedling from a red & yellow double, unusual colours, deepened by the effect of the sun. Starting as doubles, it then became singles. New for 2013 |
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ex 775 |
Dark pink shading to apricot full double …the apricottyness doesn't show well in the photo …sorry. |
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ex 691 |
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Red shading to apricot double, an absolutely stunning showstopper plant, in glorious flower for weeks (if not months) right outside my front door. 4' tall'so appreciates support. This is a seedling from my amazing red & yellow hybrid (see below). |
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ex 1779 |
'Whoops no photo, seedling of an orange & yellow long-spurred New for 2013 |
Rather like the above 691 |
ex 1117 New for 2013 |
Smaller flowers, that start as beautifully formed doubles then late flowers are rather nice singles. From a red & yellow double. |
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ex 1905 |
Large. Seedling from A. chrysantha x pink & yellow double. New for 2013 |
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ex 1886 |
And it's scented. Seedling from 'Devon Sunshine'. New for 2013 |
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ex 1781 |
Aren't Aquilegias wonderful! Here's another hybrid of A. 'Elegance' x ? New for 2013 |
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ex 1803 |
Sister to the above, another hybrid of A. 'Elegance' x ? There's bound to be interesting offspring and hopefully some with golden leaves. New for 2013 |
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ex 556 New for 2013 Sold out 2013 |
One of my earlier doubles with yellow in, sown 2006, first flowering in 2007 and still going strong. One of the reasons that I'm loving, and introducing, doubles with yellow in is that I find it hard to grow, flower and keep the single species sort that parent these plants. |
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ex 1061 |
Pink and yellow double. An absolutely stunning plant and so floriferous! Last year's seeds, so double sized packets. |
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ex 835 |
Early flowering, and giving similar and other good offspring. Pink and yellow double.'Started single the first year …then WOW …when it became double it was an absolute show-stopper. In 2010 it was probably the first double pink/yellow aquilegia in flower …and nearly the last! |
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ex 1596 |
Seedling from the above, selfed, so it was both mother and father to this one. |
oh no! no pic, rather like the above |
ex 1440 |
Seedling from 1000, purple striped, so expect some surprises in the offspring! See this one in Touchwood's fairy garden. |
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ex 1919 |
Seedling from huge blue & white double x pink & yellow double. Should get some great f2 plants! New for 2013 |
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ex 1056 |
This plant started off with stunning double flowers, although later ones were large singles. Last year's seeds, so double sized packets. |
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ex 1758 |
Ex 1061 pink & yellow double. New for 2013 |
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ex 1711 |
Ex 1061 pink & yellow double. New for 2013 |
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ex 910 Sold out 2013 |
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ex1681 |
From a pink & yellow double, selfed. New for 2013 |
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ex 1567 New for 2013 |
From red & yellow pompom x apricot pink & yellow double. This hybrid flowers at 5' tall (150-160cms) but unfortunately sets few seeds. |
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ex 1533 |
From a red & yellow double.'I find, on average, that I get at least 20%of the seedlings coming up as 'doubles with yellow in' from the sorts of plants featured in this list. Some may have much larger percentages, and it will vary year-to-year depending on how busy the bumbles have been. New for 2013 |
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ex 2089 |
Pink & creamy, becoming double. Exciting hybrid from 'Elegance' (presumably has ruby as well as black genes) x A. chrysantha. New for 2013 |
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ex 1617 |
The creamy yellow ages to white. New for 2013 |
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ex 1729 |
From 835, pink & yellow double, selfed. sorry no pic, it's a darker pink than 835 with is quite a light pink with the yellow. New for 2013 |
Dark pink & yellow double |
ex 1966 |
Note this is a hybrid, so expect variable results, the mother plant was A. chrysantha and the pollen plant a pink & yellow early double. New for 2013 |
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ex 1610 |
New for 2013 |
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ex 1572 |
From a red & yellow double. New for 2013 |
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ex 553 Sold out 2013 |
Bright red & yellow double Looks like a firework display! |
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ex 1054
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Red and yellow full double |
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ex 590 Sold out 2013 |
Red and yellow full double |
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ex 1614 Sold out 2013 |
From a pink & yellow double, selfed. Love it! New for 2013 |
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ex 1865 |
Should this have gone with the peach and apricot colours? From a darkest crimson double, with yellow inside. New for 2013 |
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ex 1683 |
The yellow ages to white. This is a very special hybrid of 'Elegant Ruby' x a pink & yellow double. I'm hoping to get golden leaves in some of the next generation, do also let me know what your results from these, and others of my seed are. It's very helpful for my records. New for 2013 |
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ex 1682 |
From 'Elegance' x chrysantha New for 2013 and bound to be popular … ![]() |
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ex 1016 |
Unusual shades, beautifully combined. |
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ex 1778 |
I'm chasing after an elusive colour combination: blue and yellow doubles.
This is how close I get, ones that open a creamy yellow, but ages to white. It may be that I am unable to get my dream, results to date suggest that the yellow may actually transfuse through the blue, turning it purple (I know yellow and blue made green at school, can anyone explain this?). This is a hybrid which will give vary varied offspring, from a large blue & white double x a red & white long-spurred. |
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ex 821 |
Extraordinary, floriferous amazing indigo and white (starts creamy) double. I've listed this above, and 821, but also feature them here as they open a good cream colour before fading to white. ![]() |
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ex 1633 MOST AMAZING New for 2013 |
Blue and white double, starts creamy.
It was a HUGE plant in it's first flowering year (2012) and wowed everyone who saw it. Seedling from 821 (indigo & creamy double) x a pink & yellow double, so expect varied offspring. |
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ex 2017 |
Largish flowers and longish spurs make this one very different as well as the special colouring. A hybrid of 'Elegance' x chrysantha. |
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ex 1299 |
This startling colour combination is a clear winner in the garden. The indigo is rather purpley. Definitely desirable. |
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ex 1727 New for 2013 |
Whoh-ho, what have we here? From a huge blue & white double x pink & yellow double which had long spurs. Will offspring be better? Hard to imagine, but, yes some may very well be, that's what makes growing aquilegias so exciting! |
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ex 1557 |
From a red & yellow double. Wasn't sure where to slot this one, inserted here because of the purple rather than the yellow! New for 2013 |
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ex 1647 |
From a yellow double! Thank you, Mrs Bumble!! New for 2013 |
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ex 1722 |
From a blue & white double x pink & yellow long-spurred. New for 2013 |
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ex 1858 New for 2013 |
With a choice like these, sometimes you just have to take out a loan or remortgage to buy all that you desire. Cutting back on your order is counterproductive and illogical.
Think …buy loads now and not only will they flower and reward you next year and next year and next year …but also these plants will self sow, and cross pollinate and re-combine and produce ever more delightful offspring to keep you happy all your life. Mind you, you might need another mortgage again later …to buy a bigger garden (and hope attached house is also worthy) |
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ex 1776 New for 2013 |
Starts creamy yellow and ages creamy. A seedling from 'William Guiness' double x ecalcarata. |
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ex 1649 New for 2013 |
Starts creamy and ages white. A seedling from 'William Guiness' double x pink & yellow double. |
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ex 1648 |
Starts creamy yellow and ages creamy. New for 2013 |
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ex 1686 Sold out 2013 |
From a red & yellow double. New for 2013 |
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ex 1444 |
Almost black with yellow. Awesome. New for 2013 |
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ex 855 |
One of my absolutely favourite colour combinations, the yellow colouring is inside on the inner faces of the petals. New for 2013 |
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ex 1998 |
In 2012, its first year of flowering, early flowers were singles. Expect some really good offspring from this hybrid of 'Elegance' x chrysantha. New for 2013 |
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ex 1358 |
Like many of these sensational colour blends, the depth of the yellow colour as the bud opens is the most dramatic, with a gradual fading to a creamy shade. |
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ex1307 |
Isn't that phenomenal? |
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Now let's have some mixes of these special doubles with yellow …only from Touchwood. Sorry, understandably, these do NOT qualify for the discount offered on other Touchwood mixes of buy 8 get 1 free. |
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Shooting Stars Mix Touchwood yellow doubles |
Yellow doubles mix. |
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From the land of dragons, comes seed from the remarkable collection of red & yellow doubles at Touchwood. To get an idea of the range of flowers included in this mix, see the ones pictured above as red & yellow doubles. Having NOTHING to do with aquilegias, here's a link to WALKING the DRAGON , an article I first wrote for a family newsletter about a special walk here in Wales. |
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VOLCANO! |
'Volcano!' Mix from Touchwood. The photo well shows what my new aquilegia hybrid national plant collection is all about. Spectacular, aren't they? |
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Seed from all sorts of pink and yellow doubles including the blushed yellow ones. Pink & yellow doubles mixed New for 2013 |
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Touchwood '??? Mix' Blue / indigo & (usually creamy) yellow doubles mixed New for 2013 |
Will you help me choose a name for this mix? The blues and indigos, currently, are ones that open creamy yellow and ages lighter. |
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Touchwood '??? Mix' Purple & yellow doubles mix New for 2013 |
Will you help me choose a name for this mix? These and the next mix look rather similar. And, yes, it IS difficult to separate some purples from 'blacks', but generally to the eye (rather than camera) in daylight, these are more purple, and 'Night Lights' are darker. |
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Touchwood 'Night Lights' New for 2013 |
Burgundy / black & yellow doubles. Seed from those closest to black that I can get with yellow accompanying it. Sometimes the yellow fades to creamy with maturity of the individual flower. |
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Touchwood 'Black & Bruises!' 'Black' / blue / purple & yellow doubles mixed New for 2013 |
What beautiful colours bruises go after some days, not just 'black & blue' but rich purples, burgundies and yellows. I think that the name of this mix (of the 3 above mixes) captures the striking colour effects of old bruises, without having to undergo the original pain! |
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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 Such an appealing flower. I remember the first time I noticed a columbine when I started gardening. I was enchanted with this mystery plant. I didn't want to know it's name because I was afraid it would lose it's allure. It has lost the mystery but I love it even more. Valerie Gillman Michigan USA They are normally thought of being short-lived I can assure you of this: there's one old, propably a Vulgaris cultivar growing in my garden in the same place, and it's the same root, not off-sets, for about 45 years! Planted by my late mother, I have a picture of me with mother beside the Aquilegia when I was about 4-5 years old and it's still there, same place flowering each year. Reijo Sodergren, Finland How will you know if you've arrived in Heaven? You will suddenly be walking through endless fields of Aquilegias! :-) Aidan Tagg, Worcs |
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Touchwood seeds: fully automated seed packeting system
Stop Press November 2011:
training sessions of the next generation of machines commence


Most of Touchwood's seed is grown,
harvested & packeted here in Wales
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 f'r 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
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