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Aquilegia Common names: Columbine, Granny's Bonnet Lovely old-fashioned cottage garden plants that flower early in the perennial season and like part sun or part shade and a good humus-rich soil if possible. They can be grown from seed but resulting flowers from the garden plants are completely unpredictable. For this reason it is best to remove spend flowers to prevent self-seeding unless you don't mind a surprise. Otherwise plants can be carefully divided or buy a commercial seed strain from a reliable seedsman. The only problems you are likely to encounter are a saw fly caterpillar that can eat the leaves in May (spray or pick off the blighters) or occasional mildew in potted plants that have been allowed to dry out too much. Like other members of the Ranunculaceae (Buttercup) family, Aquilegias are harmful if eaten. |
 Aquilegia buergeriana
Calimero
Neat little plants about 8 - 12" tall with nodding purple and pale yellow flowers from Apr to Jun. The fern-like leaves have slight red edges.
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 Aquilegia
Red Hobbit
A neat little plant no taller than 1ft with nodding bonnets (or should that be Hobbit hats?) in red and white. Flowers late spring / early summer.
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