Re: Aquilegias

Gay Klok wrote:
> 
> The URL may not work for you, so, if you are still interested in finding
> out why they are called "Granny-Night-Caps - this may be a better URL:
> http://members.nbci.com/gklok/Aquilegia.html
> We have had a magnificent Spring - very wet - and warm.  Quite a change
> from the last few years.   The weeds love it and the old mistake of
> planting too close is now sooo obvious.   Lots of pruning in the
> Autumn!    Still alive and kicking, Gay

Gay

Looked up your website and saw a number of familiar faces. I think the
only one I haven't seen so far in my patch is the very deep purple. I
certainly have that striking purple and white bi-colour. You seem to
have a good few of the better pinks. I always vow to try and improve the
colours of my pinks by weeding out the worst of the wishy washy types,
but by the time I get round to it they are mostly over and hard to
recognise. I suppose I should go round while they are still out and tie
a colored string to the flower stems.. 

 I don't however know them as Granny Nighcaps, but rather as "Granny
Bonnets"!

I was most interested in your reference to A alpina , as I did once have
this species and always presume that the few A alpina-like plants I now
have are crosses with my "mongrels". About my commonest flower would be
a very deep violet single similar in most ways to A alpina except the
colour. This is one which I do tend to weed out, as it is becoming a bit
overwhelming.

I wonder now if the original prevenence of these mixed-up old favourites
may be from crosses between A alpina and A vulgaris.

Moira
-- 
Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata (near Wellington, capital city of New Zealand)
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