Aquilegia Growing Tips

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Aquilegia 'columbine'.

In this issue I'm showing you some secrets about getting the best out of your Aquilegia plants.

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The Art of Growing and Showing Aquilegia or Columbine.

Aquilegia. ‘Columbine’. In gardens of old, the columbine or Hardy Border Aguilegia occupied a position of prominence, for they formed one of the groups of Hardy Perennial flowers that were cultivated when gardening was in its infancy. How different are the Hardy Border Aquilegia of the 21st century to those varieties of the 17th century. The new hybrids are a joy to behold; my favourite Hardy Border Aquilegia is William Guinness.

The columbine or Aquilegia hardy perennials are delightful flowers of early summer; the plants, 2 feet in height, last in bloom for many weeks and the flowers are ideal for cutting. The aquilegia will thrive in ordinary garden soil, but prefer rather moist, soil with plenty of well-rotted garden compost incorporated.

As with all flowerbeds, to get the best results the incorporation of well-rotted garden compost is always beneficial for good root and flower production, we have an article on compost making at :->

http://gardencomposthelp.blogspot.com/

The incorporation of well-rotted garden compost is a must if your garden soil is of the heavy clay type. Also leaf mould is also very good as a mulch in the winter months, leaf mould will take up to 18 months to breakdown. Sand or sharp grit is also good for opening the soil.

A sunny or partially shaded position suits them best. Planting may be done in September, October, November and February-March.

There are many new varieties available today one of the most striking is the Songbird Series; songbird Dove and songbird Goldfinch are of fine merit. But there is still a place for the older varieties such as the Yellow Aquilegia ‘chrysantha’, Aquilegia ‘longissima’ another yellow with beautiful long spurred kind and Aquilegia columbine ‘valgaris’.

The named varieties are readily increased by root division. The newer strains produce a delightful colour range when grown from seed. This is now the recognized method of propagation.

Division of the roots is always available if you find a particularly good colour combination and wish to increase it, with root division the offspring always come true to form, this cannot be said with seed sowing.

Also with division the best plants are always fresh. With most hardy plants the flowers do tend to lose there quality if left to grow on the same stem for more than two or three years.

We hope you have enjoyed this months Blog.

Next month we will be looking at growing Aquilegia or Columbine from seed.

How to capture and save seed from own Aquilegia or Columbine plants.

How to Grow and train your own Aquilegia or Columbine.

In the months to come we will be looking at:->

Cross pollination, best method to produce your own unique strains.

How to grow Aquilegia or Columbine in Rock Gardens.

How to grow the wonderful Aquilegia or Columbine McKanna Giant Hybrids.

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Other blogs and articles of interest are at:-
Step by step to Growing Eye Catching Fuchsias
click on:->
http://fuchsiagrowinghelp.blogspot.com/

A guide to the Management of all Types of
Chrysanthemum, Queen of the Autumn.
click on:->
http://chrysanthemumgrowinghelp.blogspot.com/

Lettuce all year round, my favourite Webb's Wonderful
click on:->
http://lettucegrowinghelp.blogspot.com/

Nutritionally, the Tomato is highly esteemed for its
health protective Vitamins and Mineralsclick on:->
http://tomatogrowinghelp.blogspot.com/

Garden Design for all Gardens Large or Small
click on:->
http://gardendesignhelp.blogspot.com/

Build up the fertility of your Garden Soil with
Organic Vegetable Compost:->
http://gardencomposthelp.blogspot.com/

One of the best loved soft fruit's, how to grow the
easy way:->
http://strawberrygrowinghelp.blogspot.com/

How to Grow Indoor Cucumbers of the highest
quaility:->
http://cucumbergrowinghelp.blogspot.com/

Melon growing, a Delicious Summer Fruit for
Greenhouse and Cloche Cultivation:->
http://melongrowinghelp.blogspot.com/

A Complete Guid to the Production of Grapes
http://grapevinegrowinghelp.blogspot.com/

Growing and Showing these very popular
fragrant Garden Flower:->
http://sweetpeagrowinghelp.blogspot.com/

Carnations a Complete Guide to their Successful
Cultivation:->
http://carnationgrowinghelp.blogspot.com/

Asparagus One of the most delicious early summervegetables:->
http://asparagusgrowinghelp.blogspot.com/

Loganberry a very Profitable Cane Fruit for Garden Cultivation
http://loganberrygrowinghelp.blogspot.com

Raspberry a Profitable Soft Fruit, Full Details of How to Produce a Bumper Crop.
http://raspberrygrowinghelp.blogspot.com

Blackberry a Profitable and Easily Grown Hardy Fruit for Garden Cultivation.
http://blackberrygrowinghelp.blogspot.com

Rose a Complete Guide to the Cultivation Of all the popular Types.
http://rosegrowinghelp.blogspot.com

Crop Rotation, Catch Cropping and Successional Cropping
http://croprotationhelp.blogspot.com

Abelia an attractive leaf-losing or evergreen flowering shrub
http://abeliagrowinghelp.blogspot.com

Abeliophyllum a hardy climbing shrub ideal for wall covering
http://abeliophyllumgrowinghelp.blogspot.com

Climbing plants for all areas of the Garden outdoor or indoor
http://climbingplantgrowinghelp.blogspot.com

Abies-Silver Fir, Hardy evergreen trees for planting on lawns.
http://abiesgrowinghelp.blogspot.com

Acanthus, Hardy Perennial Plant valued for it Cut Flowers.
http://acanthusgrowinghelp.blogspot.com

Hardy Border Plants, For a Continuous display of colour.
http://hardyborderplanthelp.blogspot.com

Antirrhinum 'snapdragon' most Popular of all Bedding plants
http://antirrhinumgrowinghelp.blogspot.com

Achillea, a showy front row Plant for the Herbaceous border.
http://achilleagrowinghelp.blogspot.com

Aquilegia, favourite Hardy Border Flower, ideal for cutting.
http://aquilegiagrowinghelp.blogspot.com

Aster, 'Michaelmas Daisy' a showy hardy Perennial
for late summer.
http://astermichaelmasdaisygrowinghelp.blogspot.com

Clematis, beautiful Spring and Summer Flowering
Climbers for Walls and Arches.
http://clematisgrowinghelp.blogspot.com