identity of aquilegias
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: identity of aquilegias
- From: S* H*
- Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 10:47:41 +1100
Diane and Moira
I was interested in this discussion and thought I had some aquilegias which
fitted your descriptions, and on checking I am sure they are the same. I
actually bought the plants by mail order from The Diggers Club in Victoria.
All the plants I bought were bicolours - purple/white, pink/white and
blue/white. However I now find I have single colour seedlings, mostly blue
but some pink, so they have crossed with the various A. vulgaris, including
blue, or A. alpina. Of the original plants, the pinks have no spurs at
all, and the blue/white and purple/white have tiny hooked spurs. They
start to flower in the middle of winter and provide some very welcome
colour at that time of the year.
In another bed I also have some Nora Barlow who has spread herself about
and I now have a whole host of seedlings in different colours but Nora
Barlow's shape.
After a totally dry and hot spring we have just had 130mm of rain and the
aquilegias and foxgloves have exploded into flower - I probably have
hundreds of seedlings now, all growing under mature eucalyptus trees. Once
flowering is over the aquilegia foliage looks good through summer, although
powdery mildew can be a problem if it is too dry.
Shelley
Shelley Harvey
New England Tablelands
Northern New South Wales
Australia
