Genus: Aquilegia
Otherwise known as Columbine, this genus of about 70 perennials is known for attractive bell-shaped flowers.
Aquilegia are fully hardy and are happy in a bit of dappled shade. With hundreds of hybrids created, the flowers come in a whole range of colours including blue, purple, red, orange, pink, lilac, white and yellow.
The flowers are incredibly rich in nectar and so will attract any nearby honey bees to your garden. These plants freely self seed so are perfect for a bit of a wild patch – if you want to keep them under control simply collect the seeds.
Members growing plants in this genus
Species of Aquilegia
- Aquilegia alpina
- Aquilegia atrata
- Aquilegia atrovinosa
- Aquilegia aurea
- Aquilegia barbaricina
- Aquilegia barnebyi
- Aquilegia bernardii
- Aquilegia bertolonii
- Aquilegia blecicii
- Aquilegia brevistyla
- Aquilegia buergeriana
- Aquilegia caerulea
- Aquilegia canadensis
- Aquilegia champagnatii
- Aquilegia chrysantha
- Aquilegia desertorum
- Aquilegia desolatica
- Aquilegia dinarica
- Aquilegia ecalcarata
- Aquilegia einseleana
- Aquilegia elegantula
- Aquilegia eximia
- Aquilegia flabellata
- Aquilegia flavescens
- Aquilegia formosa
- Aquilegia glandulosa
- Aquilegia grahamii
- Aquilegia grata
- Aquilegia incurvata
- Aquilegia japonica
- Aquilegia jonesii
- Aquilegia karatavica
- Aquilegia karelini
- Aquilegia kitaibelii
- Aquilegia lactiflora
- Aquilegia laramiensis
- Aquilegia litardierei
- Aquilegia longissima
- Aquilegia loriae
- Aquilegia micrantha
- Aquilegia moorcroftiana
- Aquilegia nigricans
- Aquilegia nugorensis
- Aquilegia nuragica
- Aquilegia olympica
- Aquilegia ottonis
- Aquilegia oxysepala
- Aquilegia pancicii
- Aquilegia parviflora
- Aquilegia pubescens
- Aquilegia pubiflora
- Aquilegia pyrenaica
- Aquilegia rockii
- Aquilegia saximontana
- Aquilegia schockleyi
- Aquilegia scopulorum
- Aquilegia sibirica
- Aquilegia thalictrifolia
- Aquilegia transsilvanica
- Aquilegia triternata
- Aquilegia turczaninovii
- Aquilegia viridiflora
- Aquilegia viscosa
- Aquilegia vitalii
- Aquilegia vulgaris
- Aquilegia yabeana
Aquilegia photos
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Comments:
14 May, 2008
Please feel free to send you rain this way, Sarah. My plants are all thirsty!
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13 May, 2008
Your garden looks gorgeous Sarah, we are having a very rainy day today so it is nice to see all that sunshine.
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13 May, 2008
My parents always say that spring is the yellow time. I guess now is the pinky-purple time?!
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13 May, 2008
My garden seems to go in colour phases too. It's been a lot of blue recently. Some of my big Irises are out and finishing but there's other types coming.
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11 May, 2008
Very pretty Sid some can have some loud colour combinations but this more subtle.Jane says what do I know about subtlety!
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27 Apr, 2008
Some of mine are in bud, but I have just transplanted some of the slower ones to Paul's garden to make room for the others to expand and to bring a cottage garden touch to his border.
With the promised rain this week I am hoping to see some colour in them soon.
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26 Apr, 2008
Hi Sid~ Yes it's flowering right now, I actually just got it this week at B&Q
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25 Apr, 2008
i love this colouring - I have a couple of purple/yellow by-colours. Is this flowering now, Yellowleaf? If so, must be one of the earliest!
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24 Apr, 2008
Oh my gosh! that is the best flower I think I have ever seen & the photography is fab :)
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10 Apr, 2008
Oh, dear - that does seem more likely, Owdboggy. Fungus gnats - are those the little tiny flies that live on the surface of the compost? I have loads of those :-( Thanks for advice. Sarah.
10 Apr, 2008
In that case they are the larva of the fungus gnat which is a nuisance in peat based composts. They do eat the roots of seedlings and damage the emerging shoot. There are specific insecticides to deal with them.
10 Apr, 2008
Hi folks - thanks for all the suggestions. I guess they could be vine weevil grubs, but they are extremely small at the mo - I've got good eye-sight, but even I can hardly see them - I suppose they are about 2mm in length? So too small to fish out and feed to the birdies, Buzzbee!
Lori - not sure my poor Aquilegias will survive 212 degrees for 10 minutes!! ha ha ha....
Bonkers - yes, Aquilegias = Grannies Bonnets!
9 Apr, 2008
Nice Lori dread to think whats on the menu for sunday lunch.Isnt Aquilegeia also kown as Grannies Bonnet ? Could be moths.
9 Apr, 2008
It's certainly possible they are vine weevil grubs - feed the wee so and sos to the birds.
9 Apr, 2008
Time to cook your compost.... put it in an old roaster and put it in your oven...raise the temp of the compost to 212 degrees for ten minutes. that should kill off anything undesireable that's in the soil.
9 Apr, 2008
Hi Sid
Sounds just like what I have found in some of my tubs and pots - the dreaded vine weevil! I have just used them on mine as this is the time of the year when the grubs are active.
Are the cresent shaped and about half an inch long? I put it up on my blog a week or so ago.
Hope that helps.
27 Mar, 2008
Double Wow. this is amazing. What on earth has it been crossed with?or is this another mutation? Any history on this? terrific photo.
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22 Mar, 2008
fantastic picture Yellow, you have it spot on! could almost be an oil painting!
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22 Mar, 2008
One really gets to appeciate the detailed features of these little gems with a close up view . Love the photo!
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12 Feb, 2008
I am enjoying this site so much especially since so many of the plants are familiar to both sides of the ocean. And gardening is indeed universal in its appeal.
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11 Feb, 2008
How lovely to see all our old cottage garden plants growing in your beautiful Canadian garden. All your plants look so strong and healthy too.
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17 Jan, 2008
These are my OH's favourites. It's about the only garden flower he can recognise :o )
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14 May, 2008
This is Great Colour ,
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