HINTS, easiest to browse this long table on a PC.	Looking for particular plant? It's alphabetical order... or use the 'find' dialogue box (on a PC hit ctrl &f)
Aquilegia Mixes
Touchwood 'All kinds of Everything' Mix (from loads of mother plants)	Anything and everything in this glorious mix!
Touchwood Bicoloured Mix	From singles and doubles... even some rare stripey forms!
Touchwood Lottery or Lucky Dip Mix	Well, what can I say... some seeds end up without a label or I cannot read my note! At least 10 types and generous packets... fancy winning a treasure?	?????!
Touchwood Connoisseurs Mix	Seed only from really special parents. No singles in one colour, unless that one is very special.
Touchwood Indigos and purples Mix	All sorts singles, doubles and stellata forms.
Touchwood pinks MIX	Singles, bicoloured pinks. Comprises all shades from palest ones to rubies and stellata forms including Nora Barlow.
Touchwood 'Old Special Mix'	Some of last year's seeds are too good to miss. This is a mix of last year's ones that are no longer available for this year. Yes there will be less germination, but don't worry, the packets will be at least twice as big to make up fot that! Doubles, singles, long-spurred, golden leaved, stellatas Barlows.... all my special sorts.
Aquilegia Touchwood Strewing Mix HUGE packets that you can grow by scattering directly on the ground where you wish them to flower. Includes some of last year's spare seeds. Remember, they'll take 1-2 months to germinate, be aware weedlings will also germinate!
I think your website is brilliant, your passion for the plants really comes across and selections are first class. Now I've found you, I'll know where to come again in the future. Kind regards, Mike Brown, Surrey 2011 Oh, your seedlist makes me sick, I have looked through it twice already, but there is absolutely no space for more aquilegias …or is there? What an effort you put into the list! The collection list, starting of with white and getting darker and darker for example, all the text describing all the entries …Susann, Sweden'I wrote earlier that my seed sowing skill is limited 'well, I am really rather pleased. I've ended up with over 20 plants each from the pink, white and black stellata seeds. I've 15 'Green Apple' plants too. Unfortunately, I only got five 'Firewheel'plants, but that's fine because I'm sure the little devils will produce some very interesting babies none-the-less! I'm planning a new border just for my babies! Thank you so much. With very best wishes Julia Alder August 2010 Thanks for the info Julia …very good for me as the Green Apples and Firewheel ones are seeds BUY IN! so the best germination was with my own seeds …probably because they are fresher ones. And now that I know that Firewheel seeds were rather poor germinators I'll be able to put more in a packet next year. Green Apples is my own seed this year. 'You will be pleased to hear that I have supplied most of Birkerød with lovely Touchwood aquilegias. Best wishes, Lise Sonne Rasmussen, Denmark 2012

Described forms
This section starts with singles then doubles, then bicolored singles then doubles. Further down are long-spurred ones . Near the end you will find stellatas, including the Barlow types, then coloured leaf forms and finally my exciting DOUBLES WITH YELLOW: the Touchwood Treasures range.
Aquilegia ex white single	A single white, ever popular. Select seedlings without any purpley hue to the leaf stalks of the seedlings. .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' (left)? SORRY: NONE FOR 2026
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. Starting at the BOTTOM is what I call palest pink, and going CLOCKWISE there is pale pink, pink, dark pink and finally ruby. Is that helpful?
Aquilegia ex pink single	'Sugar' pink
Aquilegia ex 2510 upward facing ruby Winky type New for 2026	Winky ones have been specially bred to be shorter with upward facing flowers
What colour is blue?	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 good blue is described the same whether it's in my front garden or the back garden! But what I call blue may not be what you imagine as that. My photos of each plant should help, but remember digital pics enhance blueness. Here I have taken a photo that should help. Starting at the TOP LEFT is what I call blue, and then good blue (yes, those are subtle differences). Bottom row is purple then indigo-purple. Is that helpful?
Aquilegia ex 2529 Marbled palest blue single New for 2026	This type of ice-blue I call 'marbed', as white is mixed or marbled in with the blue (like a roan horse). Like white flowered forms, select the seedlings without any purple in the leaf stem.
Aquilegia ex indigo single	Yes, I know... an indigo that looks purple......
Aquilegia ex indigo variable	Sometimes seems to be a usual flower perhaps with some white, then it tries to be a stellata or star form!
Aquilegia ex white double
Aquilegia ex 2340 white pleated double, hint of pink	Another just a hint of a tint of pink. Last year's seeds so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex palest pink double	Good colour, strong & prolific Actually a marbled pink, so select seedlings with no purple to the leaf stem.
Aquilegia ex 2291 pale pink double	Another marbled pink, so select seedlings with no purple to the leaf stem.
Aquilegia ex ruby double	Genes may include ones for golden leaves and Nora Barlow!
Aquilegia ex marbled purple denim double	I just love these marbled blue doubles, especially these darker forms which I call denim colour. Like with white forms, select seedlings without any purpley hue to the leaf stalks of the seedlings.
Aquilegia ex lilac double	This is an unusual shade.
Aquilegia ex 2-tone lilac double
Aquilegia ex 2286 lilacy-blue double	.
Aquilegia ex indigo double
Aquilegia ex 2320 dark indigo double
Aquilegia ex 2518 small purple double	NEW FOR 2026
Aquilegia ex 2403 purple double ll	NEW FOR 2026
	Now we move onto the Touchwood range of seeds from BICOLOURED SINGLES. Note, long-spurred sorts are later.
Aquilegia ex pink & white	This one doesn't open it's lovely flowers as wide as some others. Seems almost coy!
Aquilegia ex 2500 short pale pink & yellow	Very early flowers NEW FOR 2026
Aquilegia ex 2205 Rose-pink & white SM type	Ex Spring Magic so a shorter plant and larger flowers. NEW FOR 2026
Aquilegia ex Rose & ivory SM type	Ex Spring Magic so a shorter plant and larger flowers.
Aquilegia ex indigo & white bb	Wondering what bb could possibly mean? It's just a shorthand for myself for Beyond the Beyond. Part of my garden is 'Beyond the Garden', which leads to the 'Back of Beyond', and well, Beyond the Beyond is even further away! Now that's got nothing to do with the flowers there but helps me to differentiate between seeds from different plants!
Aquilegia ex 2507 Indigo & white, some stellata genes	A shortish plant.
Aquilegia ex 2269 indigo-purple & creamy white	The mother plant is very early to flower, and slightly shorter than usual.
Aquilegia ex 'black' and white	Seed from several plants, slightly different shades but all as near to black as possible.
Aquilegia ex 'William Guiness'	Also known as 'Magpie'
	Now let's see my bicoloured doubles.
Aquilegia ex 2284 pink & creamy white double	Like many creamy ones the shade matures to white. This one also is blessed with some scent.
Aquilegia ex 3251 pink & white pleated double
Aquilegia ex 2253 blue & creamy white double
Aquilegia ex 2327 lilac & white double, some scent
Aquilegia ex 24xx indigo & creamy white double
Aquilegia ex 2263 indigo & white double
Aquilegia ex indigo & white double variable, some stellata genes		... and i forgot to take a pic!!!!
Aquilegia ex 2274 indigo & white larger double
Aquilegia ex 2506 indigo & white large double
Aquilegia ex 2501 purple & creamy white double
Aquilegia ex ex 2215 black & white frilly double	As with whenever I say 'black', this is the deepest darkest crimson possible in Aquilegias. Sorry, none for 2025, see golden leaf form 'Golden Guiness' below

Long spurred hybrids LARGE flowers, LONG spurs	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.
Aquilegia ex pink & yellow long-spurred	New for 2026 May become double-flowered!
Aquilegia ex 2298 red, yellow inside smallish long-spurred	Great colour combination. This became a lovely big plant in its first year, 2022, and just flowered and flowered for weeks and weeks! And each year it has been one of longest flowering and most floriferous. Last years seeds so double sized packets

A few from species Aquilegias

... or their hybrids


Aquilegia ex ecalcarata hybrid	Seed from this pink, spurred, double. These are small plants, rock garden sized. Sorry, none for 2026

Now let's look at the Aquilegia vulgaris f. stellata or star forms. Also known as clematis-flowered, which is what I'll use for not-all-vulgaris-genes ones
Aquilegia ex pink stellata	New for 2025
Aquilegia ex 2329 palest pink Barlow sort,	Like a very pale form of 'Nora Barlow' with green tips to the petals. Select seedlings with no purple in the stems. New for 2026
Aquilegia ex 2527 marbled pink Barlow sort,	New for 2026
Aquilegia ex 'Nora Barlow'	Unusual Barlow double where each 'petal' shades from deep old-rose-pink through cream to the green tips. Originally known as the rose columbine. An old, beautifully and regularly formed variety. People ask can 'Nora Barlow' really be an aquilegia? Select seedlings with no purple in the stems.
Aquilegia ex 'Christa Barlow'	Select seedlings with no purple in the stems. Last year's seeds so double sized packets


The final sorts in this section are the ones with golden or variegated leaves.
Aquilegia ex variegated leaf, indigo & white double	Golden-variegated leaved Select variegated-leaved seedlings as they germinate. New for 2025
Aquilegia ex 'Mellow Yellow'	'Mellow Yellow', bred by Ray Brown of Plant World is a stunning golden leaved cultivar with either white or pale blue flowers. Here I offer seeds taken from the white form. Select golden-leaved seedlings as they germinate, and ones with no purple in the leaf stem. No seed for 2026
Aquilegia ex 'Mellow Yellow'	'Mellow Yellow', bred by Ray Brown of Plant World is a stunning golden leaved cultivar with either white or pale blue flowers. Here I offer seeds taken from the pale blue forms. Select golden-leaved seedlings as they germinate, and ones with no purple in the leaf stem.
Aquilegia ex SPECIAL gold leaf, black double	Special??? Yes... this was a cross I made with 'Golden Guiness' double form, which has 'black' and white double flowers. Therefore I expect that you will get some of those sorts coming out in the seedlings you grow, as well as more black double sorts (again the flowers are darker than pic was able to capture!).
Aquilegia ex 'Golden Guiness' double form	Golden leaves. Select gold-leaved seedlings as they germinate.
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 exciting 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


Touchwood Treasures... Very special golden and golden bicoloured doubles.
I'm breeding double forms with yellow in, 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.
Aquilegia ex 2512 pale yellow double	Delicately coloured. Started single but changed rap[idly to a wonderful double form!. New for 2026
Aquilegia ex 2509 pink & yellow double	New for 2026
Aquilegia ex 2419 pink & yellow double	Last years seeds so double sized packets.
Aquilegia ex 2434 pink -apricot & yellow double
Aquilegia ex 22110 orangey & yellow double
Aquilegia ex 1 orange & yellow double	Could be a tall plant.
Aquilegia ex 2404 red & yellow double ll	last years seeds, double sized packets
Aquilegia ex 43 fg crimson & creamy yellow double last years seeds, double sized packets
Aquilegia ex 2368 lilac & light yellow double sorry, sold out
Aquilegia ex 2431 purple & light yellow double
Aquilegia ex purple & yellow double
	Check back next year... who knows what I'll have then! Meanwhile enjoy sowing your seeds and having the miracle of germination and then the joy of discovering what secret beauty was hidden within those seeds for you to enjoy each year after year.
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

10 of the best for £10 Leave the choice to me and get 10 packets of aquilegia seeds for £11 INCLUDING UK POST & PACKING Your selection will likely include at least one packet of: mix, a stellata form and several different doubles. 10 packets of YOUR OWN CHOICE would normally be £13.50 including postage. Also available for non-aquilegias.

Last year's seeds Let me choose from all my left over last year's seeds, and go for: LUCKY FIVE £3 A lucky dip of 5 packs of last year's seeds TERRIFIC TWENTY £9 or FANTASTIC FORTY £15 Strictly my choice, but I won't include anything that you order at the same time, & you can choose categories you want/don't want from: annuals, biennials, perennials, trees and shrubs, alpines, bulbs, vegetables, climbers, herbs, Aquilegias, Geraniums. There's postage costs, and you can order this years seeds at the same time.

Requesting your help about names

As you may be aware there is great confusion in the names of Aquilegia cultivars, and as a collection holder I certainly don't wish to add to the problem! One major reason is that Aquilegias from seed may not come 'true'; due both to promiscuous bees but also due to recessive genes (so a plant 'looks' right (eg double blue & white) but has hidden genes (eg for singles, pink, white and 'not bicoloured'!).
Therefore, PLEASE do not name the plant until it has flowered and looks 'true' to its description.
MIXES: Resulting plants should not be labelled, for example, 'Touchwood Eventide' or even 'Eventide' as they will be a total mix, of some recognisable named cultivars together with un-named forms.

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 25 seeds and sometimes MANY more. As a general rule, don't expect many more than 25 seeds in the Touchwood Treasures 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 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, almost all of the photos are taken of the actual plant from which the seed was harvested …that's good, isn't it? New for 20xx means new this year, either for the first time or after a time of unavailability on the seedlist

SPECIAL OFFER 2026 PRICES, CHEAPER THAN 2017 of £2.50/packet! 2026: £1.60.packet ..6 or more: £1.30/packet 20 or more: £1.10 /packet

UK Postage & Packing is £2 (may be cheaper for one or two packets) READY RECKONER:
1 packet=£1.60,
2=£3.20,
3=£4.80, 4=6.40,
5=£8,
6=£7.80,
7=£9.10,
8=£10.40,

9=£11.70,

10=£13,

11=£14.30,

12=£15.60, 13=£16.90, 14=£18.20, 15=£19.50,

16=£20.80,

17=£22,

18=22,

19=£22,

20=£22,

21=£23.10,

22=£24.20,

23=£25.30, et cetera!

So …if you buy 5 packets, you may as well buy 6; and for anything over 15 packets, you will find 20 will offer very good value indeed!

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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.

*Trouble emailing? Some systems aren't compatible with this link. If so, send in your email system by putting carrie.touchwood in front of @gmail.com to get my email address, else ring 01792-522443.

PAYMENT Is by direct bank transfer, I'll send details after I have your wish list, agreed availability and price and packeted your seeds.If you would like to receive news about special offers, please see Facebook Carrie's Seed Lists and to glimpse my new garden I'm delevoping here in Gorseinon see Facebook Carrie's Garden, If you want to buy plants from me, this garden is where you'll visit.

OVERSEAS I am so sorry, NO overseas posting now available due to Brexit, and APHA regulations.

GUARANTEE I fully expect you to enjoy a good germination from my seeds. If that is not the case, please let me know, for either information and advice, replacement seed or a credit note. But when you do get good results …please tell your friends and let them benefit from good seed of cottage garden, rare and unusual plants at a brilliant price!!

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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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TOUCHWOOD AQUILEGIA SEED-LIST 2026

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TOUCHWOOD
AQUILEGIA SEED-LIST 2026