Started a few from seed and they are doing great! Slow to start but I will get a bloom this summer. I have them behind some black lace di...Read Moreanthus that I also started from seed and in full Sun (but shaded by the dianthus). they lookgreat next to my eximia! gotta love those aquilegia's!
i got 3 little plants from, i believe, spring hill nurseries. they were so tiny and wilted when i got them, but i gave them a nice shady ...Read Morespot the first summer and they looked better. they never flowered that summer. they died back in winter and i despaired of them, but last summer, they came back strong and put out the most beautiful flowers of any aquilegia i have. this summer, they've multipled, either by root or seed, not sure which, and they're sending up their flower stalks now. very happy with this little beauty. it's not one that gets a ton of flowers on it, but they're just so striking in the sun, almost black with white, it's well worth it and they seem to seed themselves. they don't really like even morning sun and droop even when watered, so i'd say these are more for a shady, but bright, spot in your garden.
Although I love this plant, I have had very limited success. I discovered recently that the cause of my columbine's demise may have been...Read More caused by juglone toxin emitted from my black walnut trees. I will try again next spring at a different location...far from the black walnuts :)
A very striking cultivar, sometimes sold as Magpie, William Guinness is the older name but they are the same plant.
Has s...Read Morehort spurred, deep maroon petals and a white corolla. When grown away from other A vulgaris it often comes true from seed, saying that it grows very near to a double flowered, variegated A vulgaris in my garden and still has a good percentage of seedlings come true.
A double flowered, pompom form has been produced although the single is the bigger head turner. It has also been bred with A vulgaris Woodside to produce 'Golden Guinness', a golden leaved form with a similar flower to William Guinness and also occasionally throws a double flowered form.
William Guiness is one of the most beautiful cultivars of Aquilegia vulgaris. I will never miss it in May
Started a few from seed and they are doing great! Slow to start but I will get a bloom this summer. I have them behind some black lace di...Read More
i got 3 little plants from, i believe, spring hill nurseries. they were so tiny and wilted when i got them, but i gave them a nice shady ...Read More
Although I love this plant, I have had very limited success. I discovered recently that the cause of my columbine's demise may have been...Read More
A very striking cultivar, sometimes sold as Magpie, William Guinness is the older name but they are the same plant.
Has s...Read More