Touchwood Aquilegia seed list


Described forms All seeds are £2.50 a packet, cheaper for 6 packets or more
This section starts with singles, long-spurreds, then doubles, then stellatas, then coloured leaf forms. Similar colours have been grouped together within those sets. 'Note: 'ex number' is the number and description is of the parent plant …it's hoped that some, at least, will come true.
Aquilegia ex white flower	A single white, ever popular. Select seedlings without any purpley hue to the leaf stalks of the seedlings. Seedling plants flowering in 2008 were noticed to have three main heights. I assume therefore, that I have a shorter type (2'ish) a normal height (3'ish) and a hybrid .AMAZING FACT: Aquilegias are also known as 'columbine' which is French for 'dove'. Can you see the 5 doves sitting in a circle having a good old natter 'tete-to-tete'?
Aquilegia white flower ex shorter forms Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Choose by number: Below is ex1324 at 15-18"	Here is ex 1359. came to me as A kuhistanica seed.
Aquilegia white flower ex 1762	This was from a lost label so parentage therefore unknown, but I think it is a green-leaved offspring of 'Elegant Opal'
Aquilegia ex 1119 white single	Started short but I think it's medium height now, say 22-30"
Aquilegia ex 2199 delicate white single (shown on RHS) Both of these are shortish: 20-30" high, and a particularly delicate white single	or ex 1168 shown below, which is last years' seeds so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex white singles MIXED including unusuals, from 7 parents	Collected from various white-flowered plants including those with a hint of cream or pink (right) to them
ex slender white DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS? If so please let me know.	I grew this originally from so-called A. coerulea seed …to which its shape and colour bear no resemblance! For years, although visitors praised it's sleek lines and slightly creamy whiteness, I only collected seed as a mix of all my white singles. Then I decided to see if it came true from seed. It does! Just as well, as meanwhile my parent plant passed on. Do grow it, it's quite delightful!
Aquilegia ex 2765 White, longer blades	With a hint of a stellata form is this interesting white, a hybrid of a dark & yellowy double x a lilac & yellowy delicate single!!!! Or of course a stray seedling! Anyhow expect some delightful surprises from this one. New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 1505 Creamy single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets Flowered first time 2010 and made a real impact over a long period. Possibly a self-sown seedling from chrysantha, but flowers are vulgaris-sized.	Creamy flowers. This is a hybrid, so don't know what the offspring will be like.
Aquilegia ex 1920 2-tone lemon single	A vulgaris sized flowers. From a maroon striped! New for 2014
Aquilegia ex 1506 Blushed yellow single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	This is a hybrid, so don't know what the offspring will be like, it's possibly a self-sown seedling from chrysantha, but flowers are mid-sized. More below of similar with greater pink tints in them in the bicoloured list
Aquilegia ex 1170 Palest marbled pink single - becoming double Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
What colour is pink?	How do I describe flower colours? I do the best that I can, and hope to get it right most of the time, eg that a dark pink is described the same whether it's in my front garden or the back garden! But what I call dark pink may not be what you imagine as that. Here I have taken a photo that should help. Starting at the BOTTOM is what I call palest pink, and going CLOCKWISE there is pale pink, pink, dark pink and finally ruby. Is that helpful?
Aquilegia Light pink single	Quiet charm, that lights up the garden.
Aquilegia 2438 dusky/marbled pink single	Interesting hybrid from 'Elegant Ruby' x a pink & yellow double.
Aquilegia pink single	Good sugar-pink colour.
Aquilegia 2368 wide pink single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets Sold out 2015	Wider flower than an A vulgaris on this lost-label plant
Aquilegia ex 1511 delicately held pink single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Nice dark stem, ex A nigricans
Aquilegia ex 1867 Tall 2-tone pink single	Tall plant 2-tone pink (apricotty-cream) flowers with longish spurs. 'Rescued' from my plant sales area, so don't know the parentage! Very long season of flowering.
Ex 2549 2-tone pink single	This is from my breeding program where I crossed 'Elegance' with something that I lost the label of! Possibly an aquilegia with yellow colouration. You just may be extra lucky and get some golden-leaved seedlings. New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 1997 darkish pink single Sorry, sold out 2015 Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Starts apricotty inside.
Aquilegia dark pink single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 1978 ruby single, creamy inside Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Good colour, from a red & yellow double
Aquilegia 2tone ruby single X6	Supposedly a seedling from 'Adelaide Addison' !! New for 2015
ex 613 Reddy, spreading petals Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets Sold out 2015	Much loved plant. I'm sure we'll get loads of interesting offspring. COMMENT 2009. OFFSPRING REALLY GOOD. Not the same at all, but I kept most of them as very desirable traits.
ex 1551 Light-edged, reddy spreading Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Surprisingly coloured seedling from 1030, a purple and white double stellata type. Longer-spurred. The photo LHS shows it with a similarly coloured astrantia. Goodness knows what offspring will be like …
Aquilegia ex 1293 2-tone marbled blue single Sold out 2015	Pale 2-tone marbled blue single. THIS was one plant that everyone wanted when they saw it …I had to quickly get it into my border so that I didn't have to keep saying 'no' to visitors!
Aquilegia ex 2336 2-tone light blue single single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Delightful New for 2014
Aquilegia ex 1442 Light marbled purple single	Definitely desirable! Don't forget that you can select marbled blue offspring as they germinate: like white ones, discard any seedlings with any purple hue in the leaf stem.
Aquilegia ex 1760 Pale marbled blue single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Surprising seedling from a cross I made of 821 (creamy-white and blue double) with 835 (pink & yellow double). This seedling has leaf stems with no purple hue to them, so I knew it would be rather different to its parents. Goodness knows where the marbled blue shade came from! Offspring may be very variable, let's find out.
Aquilegia ex 2200 Marbled blue single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 2276 Marbled blue single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 1525 Marbled blue variable	Some blooms are doubles, on this denim-blue flower.
Aquilegia ex 1246 Marbled blue variable	A real show-stopper. Joyful & lovely. Most flowers are single, but with a smattering of doubles to add even more interest.
Aquilegia ex 2258 Marbled denim blue single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	May be a short plant, it was about 15" the first year of flowering, or it may just be stunted.
Aquilegia ex 2733 marbled purple, longer blades	Stunning, and this is a seedling from a similar one, so hopefully it will also pass on these traits to its offspring, or some of them anyway. New for 2015
What colour is blue?	How do I describe flower colours? I do the best that I can, and hope to get it right most of the time, eg that a good blue is described the same whether it's in my front garden or the back garden! But what I call blue may not be what you imagine as that. My photos of each plant should help, but remember digital pics enhance blueness. Here I have taken a photo that should help. Starting at the TOP LEFT is what I call blue, and then good blue (yes, those are subtle differences). Bottom row is purple then indigo-purple. Is that helpful?
Aquilegia ex 1398 Dwarf blue single	Under 12" tall New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 1574 Early good blue single	Shorter, at 14-18'/ 30-40cms this very early single probably came from seed of an alpine form, but this is far taller. I hope that offspring will include the trait of early flowering as well as colour and flower form …they are held nearly horizontally.
Aquilegia blue single	The original wild form is this shade. So this is great for the wild garden as well as anywhere else. The shade is on the purple side of blue.
Aquilegia ex 1146 Good blue single	This plant has a really good blue colour to the flowers. (not really apparent on the photo …sorry)
Aquilegia ex 2849 indigo-blue later single	Looks fairly standard A vulgaris type, though possibly a little larger. BUT it flowers later ....that's a really valuable trait, much later than A vulgaris, and was one of the last ones in flower at the end of the season. Must be a hybrid. New for 2015
Aquilegia indigo single	Nice dark blue.
Aquilegia ex 1625 Large indigo single	Looks purple on the photo. These are large flowers on a slightly shorter plant 2-2.5' / 60-85cms. Hybrid. New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 1626 Large indigo single	Again looks purple on the photo. These are large flowers on a slightly shorter plant 2-2.5' / 60-85cms. Goodness knows what the offspring will be like as the mother parent plant was a red & yellow double from Austria!
Aquilegia ex 2060 Large indigo-purple single Sorry, sold out 2015 Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Brother to the above, these are large flowers on a slightly shorter plant 2-2.5' / 60-85cms. Goodness knows what the offspring will be like as the mother parent plant was a red & yellow double from Austria!
Aquilegia ex 2118 Large 2-tone indigo-purple single	Another large flower in an indigo-purple shade although the seed parent was supposed to be the yellow species A. flavescens! Last year's seeds, so double-sized packetsThe 2-tone shade includes a yellowyness inside the flower, so it looks as if it has some yellow genes, so let's see what the offspring are like. I always appreciate feedback of what types of flowers are grown from my seeds, so do let me know.
Aquilegia ex 1207 Short indigo-purple	Lighter inside. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia Purple single	Richly coloured flowers.
Aquilegia ex1164 Slatey purple single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Small flowers on a shortish plant with outfacing flowers.
Aquilegia ex 2287 Large purple single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Richly coloured flowers. Longer spurs and lighter inside.
Aquilegia ex 1994 Black, lighter inside Sorry, sold out 2015 Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Interesting seedling, supposedly from A. buergeriana!
Aquilegia ex 1772 Short black single Sorry, sold out 2015 Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Another strange one, supposedly from A colchica, which Nold's monograph says should be blue & white. 8" tall
Aquilegia ex 1773 Short black single
Aquilegia ex 2680 Black single	Black single, unusual shape, a seedling from 'Perfumed Garden' so could give some very interesting offspring. New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 1158 Black single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Single black flowers.
	Now we move onto the Touchwood range of seeds from BICOLOURED SINGLES. Firstly the vulgaris-types then the long-spurred ones.
Aquilegia ex 1071 Hint of a tint of pink, and white	Palest, palest pink in the sepals, with green tips. White petals.
Aquilegia 2410 Large light pink & white	Longer spurs.
Aquilegia ex 2303 Pale pink & creamy	Possibility of getting seedlings with yellow in from this charmer. New for 2015 SOLD OUT 2015
Aquilegia 2001 Pale pink & creamy white Some of these large flowers are doubles. May have golden leaves in its genes.
Aquilegia ex 1796 Lilac pink & creamy single As this is a seedling from 955 (creamy yellow single) offspring will be variable. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Rather taller than usual, at 3.5' / or just over a metre high, this has longish straight spurs. A strong and long-flowering plant.
Aquilegia ex X9 Pink & creamy single/double	Hybrid of 'Elegance' x chrysantha. New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 2303 Delicate pink & creamy	You have the possibility of getting seedlings with yellow in from this hybrid, or even golden-leaved seedlings. New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 2021 Pink & creamy single	Longer spurs and blades. May have golden-leaved genes in it. New for 2014
Aquilegia ex Pink & white single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	This is the Aquilegia vulgaris pink & white, whereas the others offered are hybrid forms.
Aquilegia ex 2089 Pink & creamy single / double	... as you can see, some flowers are double. Like with other 'creamy' colours here, when opening it can be really yellowy but fades in maturing to almost white in some plants.
Aquilegia ex 2376 dark pink & creamy variable	From a red & yellow double comes this chance seedlings, looks like it has some stellata genes within it.
Aquilegia ex X8 Crimson & white single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	A very floriferous seedling from State Series 'Georgia', this is VERY robust plant and flowers have thinnish twisted sepals.
Aquilegia ex 2295 Large crimson & white single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Another of my winning seedlings from State Series 'Georgia'. This one has large flowers that are held partly nodding to outfacing. A strong and long-flowering plant.
Aquilegia ex 2548 Ruby & white single	From a pink-&-white double New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 1211 Crimson & white single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Outspreading white petals and thin sepals.
Aquilegia ex 777 Palest blue & white single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 757 Palest marbled purple & white single (some double flowers)	Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets yet New for 2015 as it looks like I forgot to list it last year!
Aquilegia ex 188 lilac & white Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets Sold out 2015	Early ....and scented!
Aquilegia ex 2506 2-tone lilac & white	New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 1326 Shorter blue & white / 2-tone blue	This blue and white single came from purported A kuhistanica seeds …but that species is unlikely to exist. This is pretty though, isn't it? 2013: it even had a few double flowers! Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 1160 Large blue and white	From seed that I had labelled A colchica, this interesting flower came. Some flowers were doubles .Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 1980 Blue and creamy inside	Hybrid.
Aquilegia ex 2752 blue and white single	Seedling from a purple & yellow double New for 2015
Aquilegia ex Indigo & white single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex X45 indigo & white	New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 1876 Large indigo & white Sold out 2015	Possibly a self-sown seedling of 1383, but darker.
Aquilegia ex 856 Blue-purple & white single
Aquilegia ex 2120 Blue & creamy hybrid longer spur Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Another exciting hybrid this time of A. 'Elegance' x ? … where ? means I couldn't read the writing at harvest-time! The photo is actually of the above 1908 as I have no photo of this one (I wasn't going to keep it then realised I couldn't bear to part with it! Again, expect very variable offspring including golden leaved ones.
Aquilegia ex 1677 Large indigo & white single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Indigo & white, large flower, the mother plant was 821, a double.
Aquilegia ex 1974 Large indigo-purple & white hybrid single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets Sold out 2015	An interesting hybrid of a huge blue & white double with a ruby & white long-spurred cultivar. Offspring will therefore vary.
Aquilegia ex 884 Deep purple & white Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Well-coloured single.
Aquilegia ex 2532 purple & white single	New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 2039 Slatey purple-blue & creamy Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets Sold out 2015	Interesting hybid, very different. Expect the yellow tones to show in offspring as well.
Aquilegia ex 2526 dark and creamy	From a 'lost label' plant comes this fine, floriferous plant. Starts creamy yellow and ages almost white, with a slight look of A oxysepala about it. New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 999 White-edged black long blades	Deep purple-black with a white trim. This is giving rise to some very desirable offspring including similar ones to itself, eg 1673 Isn't that different?
Touchwood Harmony Mix Yellow bicoloured mix from 12 parents for 2015 or double-sized packets from 2014 from 35 parents Introduced as a Mix in 2013	These are unusual, they are the sorts of colours found in large, long-spurred aquilegias, but these are often only vulgaris-sized blooms. Some may hold their heads hanging like the vulgaris cultivars rather than the long-spurred ones, which face outwards. Yes, you've guessed, these are hybrids. Because of this, you'll be likely to get some very different and unusual offspring from this seed mix. There's also the opportunity to buy seeds from individual plants, as featured below.
Aquilegia ex X5 Small yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Really jaunty!
Aquilegia ex 1894 Small yellow longish spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Nodding flowers of vulgaris size.
Aquilegia ex 1970 Nodding yellow single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	From a pinky-orange & yellow double came this charming, nodding yellow single. Love it!
Aquilegia ex 1507 2-tone yellow Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	These 2-tone (or blushed) yellow flowers are midsized and borne on a plant that may prove to be slightly shorter than the usual 3'. This is a self sown seedling, possibly from chrysantha (that I thought usually came true …what results have YOU had with Touchwood's chrysantha seeds?). A hybrid, so offspring likely to be very variable …and probably desirable as well!
Aquilegia ex 1907 Pink & creamy single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	I lost the label, but this is possibly an 'Elegance' x chrysantha hybrid
Aquilegia ex 2028 Pink & yellow Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Another beautifil hybrid this time from the cross I made of A. 'Elegance' x chrysantha Mid-sized, quite nodding blooms on 5' plant (80cms). Again, expect very variable offspring including golden leaved ones.
Aquilegia ex 1656 Pink & yellow single	This came from a red & yellow double. Offspring may give exciting surprises!
Aquilegia ex 904 Pink & yellow single Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Seedling from 'Perfumed Garden' mix
Aquilegia ex 2750 pink & yellow	From a purple-&-yellow double! New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 2584 small orangey-red & yellow long-spurred New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 1334 Orangey-red & yellow Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Small long-spurred
Aquilegia ex X105 Orangey-red & yellow Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Floriferous and long flowering. Small long-spurred type.
Aquilegia ex X65 Red & bled yellow Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Medium sized, longer-spurred, outfacing flowers. What do I mean by 'bled yellow'? See the pic below, the red bleeds over the yellow from the side although front-on it's pure yellow.
Aquilegia ex 2393 Red & yellow Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Like Hybrid C (see below) but I've lost the label for this and so it's from an unknown mother.
Aquilegia ex 2547 red & yellow New for 2015	ex Hybrid C floriferous
Aquilegia ex 2667 red & yellow New for 2015	Hybrid C x dark pink & yellow double
Aquilegia ex X8 red & yellow New for 2015	Some double flowers
Aquilegia ex 2667 red & yellow New for 2015	Hybrid C x dark pink & yellow double
Aquilegia ex 1655 Maroon & yellow single	The maroon colour is 'sludgier' on the outside, I love it! From a red & yellow double
Aquilegia ex 2272 Lilac & yellow Sold out 2015	Short, or at least it was in its first year of flowering.
Aquilegia ex 2552 aubergine-purple & yellow-inside single New for 2015 Sorry, sold out 2015	Surprise seedling from an indigo & creamy white double x blushed yellow double.
Aquilegia ex 2785 purple-indigo & creamy yellow small long-spurred New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 2595 small purple & yellow small long-spurred New for 2015 Sorry, sold out 2015	From an indigo & creamy white double x yellow double
Aquilegia ex X8FF large purple, yellow inside New for 2015	From an indigo & creamy white double x yellow double
Aquilegia ex 2049 Indigo-blue and creamy single	Unknown parentage.
Aquilegia ex 1725 dark with yellow inside single	Wow, how good is THAT!? A seedling of 'Elegance' x ? …yes the cross-pollination label faded before harvest so only the mother parent was known. This has 'Elegance's dark colour but is bicoloured with yellow inside, so presume yellow genes from the pollen parent. Hopfully I'll get some golden leaved aquilegias in the next generation, and so will you. SOLD OUT 2015
HYBRIDS from TOUCHWOOD I've had great fun with hybridising in 2011 and seeing the results in 2012. There are some hybrids (f1 generations) that appear fairly uniform, because their two parent plants were standard cultivars, strains or species. Here I share with you some of those splendid ranges. Choose which hybrid and you will usually get seed from a particular numbered plant …if you want to try seed from different plants then that's what you will get if you order more than 1 packet of a certain hybrid. Be aware you will NOT get offspring the same as these plants. You will be growing the f2 generation so expect a glorious array of all sorts of characteristics from each of the parent plant as well as the hybrid itself. That's why I inform you what the parentage is, both here and elsewhere in my list where I offer plants grown from seeds that I have pollinated myself. There will also be further consternation/ excitement/ chaos/ fortune caused by natural cross-pollination by bumble bees bringing in OTHER characteristics (genes) not found in these hybrids or their parents. Buy, sow, and have fun! And do let me know your results. I find growing long-spurred types difficult here in Swansea, I think our winters are to 'warm' and wet for them to thrive. These hybrids show tremendous vigour, the 1 year old plants were far larger than I think I've ever grown any long-spurreds in one year …though most were also grown to flowering in nursery rows rather than being potted up in the winter.
ex Touchwood Hybrid A Pink & creamy long-spurred 2 - 2.5' 1st year and up to 5-6' the next! Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	HYBRID A is Aquilegia chrysantha x a "dark pink & cream long spurred" There was some variation in colour tint of the pink and the cream in these offspring, however the differences were not as great as tint differences between when a flower first opens and the colour it fades to when fully open and mature. You can see those differences for yourself with the 2 photos that show 2 flowers …both have a just-opened and a more mature flower.

ex Touchwood Hybrid B Red & creamy yellow long-spurred 2-3'	HYBRID B is Aquilegia chrysantha x a "red and creamy yellow, long spurred" Very little variation between plants, see the photo top left of 2 flowers, each from a different plant. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Hybrid B
Aquilegia ex TOUCHWOOD HYBRID C 3' / 1m Red & yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	HYBRID C is Aquilegia chrysantha x a "red & yellow species type" The flowers are rather smaller than Touchwood Hybrids A & B, but the phenomenal colours make them more magnificent in the garden. The next generation of plants should include larger sized flowers from the A chrysantha genes. Very little variation between plants, a really intense red & yellow, a real showstopper. I had so many plants all the same that I sold some and they went as quickly as I put them out. Strong plants and very floriferous over a very long period, they only disappointed me because they set very little seed indeed.

Long spurred hybrids	Below I offer some seed from some choice long-spurred hybrids. Will they come true? I don't know, but all are likely to be desirable plants. Artist Sandra Candler has beautifully captured the airy nature, charm and impact of these type of flowers in this beautiful painting. By the way, for more Aquilegia Artwork visit http://www.aquilegiaholic.at/page69.html
Aquilegia ex 2237 Short white long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	I'm always wary about putting 'short' as I've lost track of the times that the next year the plant has become full height, so I just had a stunted specimen. This reminds me of Spring Magic white but (this first year at least) flowered very late rather than early.
Aquilegia ex 1657 Large white not quite a long-spurred	The most spectacular plant in the nursery rows in full flower for the first time, 2012. Must be the biggest plant I've ever grown in 1 year! Sorry, sold out 2015 It was supposed to be 'Silver Queen' a white long-spurred sort but evidently a hybrid as it's not really long spurred, but still has the same large blooms. It flowered early and just kept going until one of the last to still be in flower. Why? Well, unfortunately it set very little seed, sometimes these hybrids are like mules and just are not fertile.
Aquilegia ex Creamy-white long-spurred	I have seed from several of these plants.
Aquilegia ex 1891 Creamy single, large scented	Large creamy flowers, scented. This is a hybrid, (includes A fragrans) so don't know what the offspring will be like.
Aquilegi ex 2117 2-tone creamy long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Slightly blushed, is this a Harbutt's hybrid.
Aquilegia ex 1463 Slightly-blushed cream long-spurred	Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 2395 Hint of pink, and creamy long-spurred	Surprise from a blushed yellow pompom double! Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 2685 tall pale pink & white long-spurred	Seedling of 1658 pink & yellow. New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 2057 Pink & creamy long-spurred	Whoops, no pic! So the pic shown is a similar one. Hybrid. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 2032 Dark pink & creamy long-spurred	I got this as Swan but don't think there's such a Swan form Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 2488 dark red & creamy long-spurred	This hybrid is similar to it's father, although its mother plant was a blushed-yellow double. New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 2426 Crimson & white long-spurred	Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 2252 Pale blue & white long-spurred	Rather nodding flowers. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 1008 Dark blue and white long-spurred	Flowered for the first time in 2009, so is proving long-lived for these sorts of plants at Touchwood. Hopefully the offspring will also be suited to our conditions, although the colours in resulting seedlings may vary.
Aquilegia ex 541 Purple & white long-spurred	From a blue and white double, and as you can see, some flowers are double on this SOLD OUT 2015
Aquilegia ex 2450 Purple & white long-spurred	From a red & yellow long spurred. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 1466 Purple & creamy-white long-spurred	Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 1909 Purple and white long-spurred	Sorry, sold out 2015
Aquilegia ex 2196 Small yellow long-spurred	Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 2431 Small yellow long-spurred
Aquilegia ex 2784 Small yellow long-spurred	New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 1496 2-tone smallish yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Rather nice flowers, came from a yellow double so offspring may offer some good surprises.
Aquilegia ex 2068 Yellow long-spurred, nodding Sorry, sold out 2015	You can see its parent plant in the background! Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 1826 Nodding 2-tone yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	I absolutely love this. A long spurred 2-tone yellow yet with nodding blooms. And some scent. A seedling from a cross of buergeriana x chrysantha by my Austrian friend, so expect unusual offspring.
Aquilegia ex X10 Yellow long-spurred	Outward facing flowers mid-sized. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 2212 Yellow long-spurred	Mid sized and a particularly clear yellow. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 2003 Yellow mid-sized long-spurred	A flavescens seedling Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 2004 Yellow long-spurred, mid-sized	Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets Sorry, sold out 2015
Aquilegia ex 2428 Yellow long-spurred, mid-sized.	Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 2365 Yellow long-spurred, outward-facing.	Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex X65NR Blushed yellow long-spurred	New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 2179 Yellow long-spurred	With a slight blue flush, as one parent was 'Heavenly Blue'	Sorry, no pic
Aquilegia ex X605 Yellow long-spurred, slight blush Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	.
Aquilegia ex 1992 Blushed yellow mid-sized long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Chrysantha x blushed yellow double.
Aquilegia ex X85 Yellow long-spurred, slight blush Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Mid-sized, flowers held at an angle which is not apparent as I'm holding it in the pic. This plant is for sale.
Aquilegia ex 2031 Blushed yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 1658 Blushed yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Seedling from a double in these colours.
Aquilegia ex 2394 Pink & creamy yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 2271 Pink & creamy long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	McKana hybrid
Aquilegia ex 1469 Large pink & yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Photo shows it next to its mother plant, this is the LARGER of the two flowers.
Aquilegia ex 2230 Pink & yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Floriferous, mid-sized.
Aquilegia ex 1563 Apricot-pink & yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Apricot-pink and short, I have it on a raised bed. Great colour.
Aquilegia ex 1739 Dark pink & yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Large flowers, from a pink & yellow double.
Aquilegia ex 2116 Dark pink & yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	A Harbutt's hybrid
Aquilegia ex 2453 (&1893) Deep pink & mottled yellow long-spurred	Fairly short, 8-12" New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 1737 Dark pink-red & yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Fairly short, 15" / 40cms this is a seedling of an orange & yellow double. Rather like a Spring Magic plant.
Aquilegia ex 1738 dark pink-red & yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Fairly short, 15" / 40cms this is a seedling of an orange & yellow double. Brother to the above, but a stronger yellow. Rather like a Spring Magic plant.
Aquilegia ex 2455 Rosy-pink & yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Seedling from a cross between a bicoloured long-spurred and a yellow double. Shortish.
Aquilegia ex 2270 Orange-pink & yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 1380 Dark pink & yellow long-spurred Sorry, sold out 2015 Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Very long spurs
Aquilegia ex 1282 Orange-pink & yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 2188 Small scarlet & yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Seedling from an orange & yellow double.
Aquilegia ex 2011 Orange & yellow long-spurred	Seedling from an red & yellow double. Mid-sized. New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 2042 orangy-red & yellow mid-sized long-spurred	Hybrid seedling from cross-pollination of A. chrysantha x a blushed yellow double.
Aquilegia ex 1341 orangey-red & yellow long spurred
Aquilegia ex 1825 Red & yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	A seedling from A. hinckleyana, I love this, especially looking at the flowers from behind, and the buds before they open.
Aquilegia ex 1995 Rose & yellow long spurred	Seedling from (supposedly) A. flavescens.
Aquilegia ex 1220 Red & yellow long spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 1824 short red & light yellow long spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Seedling from A buergeriana ! About 10'tall / 25cms, and with red-tinged leaves.
Aquilegia ex 1885 Red & yellow long-spurred Sorry, sold out 2015 Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Mid-sized flowers on this hybrid that now grows 5' tall..
Aquilegia ex 2664 Red & yellow long-spurred	. New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 2741 Pink-purple & creamy long-spurred	. New for 2015 Sold out 2015
Aquilegia ex 1346 Rich deep red & creamy long-spurred	. New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 1823 Deep red & yellow long-spurred	About 12" tall, 30cms.
Aquilegia ex 2842 Deepest red, yellow inside, long-spurred Sold out 2015	From a similar parent plant. . New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 2238 Crimson & yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Seedling from a complex cross that I'm developing.
Aquilegia ex 2189 Sludgy red & yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 1832 light slatey purple & yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Great colouring …seedling from a red & yellow long-spurred
Aquilegia ex 1831 Slatey maroon & yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Sister to the above …seedling from a red & yellow long-spurred
Aquilegia ex 2348 Maroon & yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 2611 Lilac & yellow long-spurred	New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 2616 Lilac & creamy long-spurred	Ex 1832 (above) light slatey-purple & yellow long-spurred. New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 2408 Lilac & yellow long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets Sold out 2015	Mid-sized and delicately coloured, a delightful surprise from a scarlet & yellow double.
Aquilegia ex 2159 Purpley, yellow inside, long-spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	From a bicoloured long-spurred x red double with yellow inside.
Aquilegia ex 2035 Purple & yellow long spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	From a large blue & white double x blushed yellow double.
Aquilegia ex 2811 Purple & yellow long-spurred	From 'Milk & Honey', some scent. New for 2015
AQUILEGIA LONG-SPURRED MIX From 20 parents for 2015 and/or double-sized packets from 2014 from 40 parents	eg McKanas, Dragonfly, coerulea hybrids, Songbird series etc. USUALLY these are bicoloured, having either white or yellows as the second colour. The yellow, of course, can be any shade from creamy to orangey.
Aquilegia Touchwood PHARAOH'S TREASURE MIX From 8 parents for 2015 or double-sized packets from 2014 from 23 parents	What a great selection …from all types of yellow singles with a few doubles added for even greater effect. Most parents were long spurred Aquilegia chrysantha types including blushed yellow ones, some will be smaller flowered or even nodding blooms.


Now let's look at seed collected from my many and varied DOUBLE FORMS Then stellata (clematis-flowered) forms, then variegated and golden leaved
Aquilegia ex 2148 White pleated double	I'm separating out some more of my popular white doubles, so you can buy several types and have a wider gene pool.
Aquilegia ex 1464 White double
Aquilegia ex 2553 White double	New for 2015
Aquilegia ex XDNWH White double	New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 1453 White full double	New for 2015
Aquilegia ex White pompom double	New for 2015 Sold out 2015
Aquilegia ex 1400 Creamy white double	Again a most desirable form, the flowers are set off by dark stems and it is scented. Parentage unknown, this was a self-sown seedling.
Aquilegia ex 1248 Creamy white double Sorry, sold out 2015 Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	A hint of lilac, and it is scented.
Aquilegia ex 2328 White Barlow type Sorry, sold out 2015 Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Seed from overseas. Strong, floriferous plant.
Aquilegia ex 1194 very light apricot fading to pink double Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Unusual shades.
Aquilegia ex 1615 Colour-washed, warm white double Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	A seedling from a pink & yellow double, this has colour-washed spurs, very pretty.
Aquilegia ex 1497 Hint of a tint of pink Barlow double Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	The spiky pompoms of A. vulgaris stellata in their double Barlow form are always intriguing additions to your garden.
Aquilegia ex 2593 Light pink Barlow double	Another colour-break of a Barlow form. New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 749 Hint of a tint of pink double Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 774 Hint of a tint of pink full double	Hint of a tint of pink full double
Aquilegia ex 491 Hint of a tint of pink full double Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Oops. No photo, I've used the one from 774 on rhs and the lhs is of the mother plant (which itself came from 'Flamboyant').
Aquilegia ex 1120 Short, light pink double	Strong, short, light pink double
Aquilegia ex 1363 Pink, with hint of apricot, small double	Expect surprises as the parent plant was an A. ecalcarata!
Aquilegia ex 743 Light pink pleated	Light pink pleated double. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets.
Aquilegia ex 2529 Light pink double	New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 1273 Pink-lilac double, scented	Another scented one.
Aquilegia ex 2377 Pink-lilac full double Sold out 2015
Aquilegia ex 2503 Pink frilly double	New for 2015
Aquilegia ex1236 Pink double	May have stellata genes in. New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 1264 Pink variable	Pink variable: most flowers are frilly doubles but some are singles or stellatas
Aquilegia ex 1263 Pink pleated double	Pink pleated double
Aquilegia ex 1233 Pink pompom double New for 2015 Sold out 2015	Pink very full double
Aquilegia ex 1397 Stellata pink double	More double than the usual clematis-flowered stellata forms, but not as doubled as the Barlow type, is this rather alluring flower. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets.
Aquilegia ex 1385 Dark pink Barlow type	Isn't that captivating? Should come fairly true from seed.
Aquilegia ex 2594 Darkish pink Barlow type New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 1619 Dark pink / ruby double Sold out 2015
Aquilegia ex1870 Ruby frilly double	Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 604 Ruby double	Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Whoops, no pic!
Aquilegia ex 1173 Ruby double	Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 1838 Ruby double, lighter inside Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 1502 Ruby Barlow type
Aquilegia ex 2008 Ruby double, creamy inside
Aquilegia ex 2034 Ruby double, creamy inside, large	Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 1877 Ruby double	Very different. Longer spurs, this was from a pink double that also had the longer spurs. Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 905 Lilac double	Extraordinary colour
Aquilegia ex 900a Tall light lilac blue double.
Aquilegia ex 932 Two-tone lilac double	Some scent.
Aquilegia ex 2545 Hint of blue double	New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 2387 Hint of blue double	From slender white. New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 1597 Tiniest hint of blue pleated double Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	No, I cannot see the hint in this pic, nor on the flowers this year (2102) but it had been there the previous season, just a fine blue shadowing.
Aquilegia ex 479 Light marbled blue double Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Light marbled blue double.
Aquilegia ex 2198 Light marbled blue frilly double	Light marbled blue double.
Aquilegia ex 2602 2-tone marbled blue double	Large-flowered marbled blue double. New for 2015 Sold out 2015
Aquilegia ex 2220 Hint of a tint of marbled blue double Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Started usual types of doubles then became quite stellata-y and Barlow-like.
Aquilegia ex 948 Barlow type of marbled blue double Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Marbled blue full double with green sepals
Aquilegia ex 2327 Barlow type of marbled blue double Sorry, sold out 2015 Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 2729 Marbled blue double	New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 2123 Marbled blue-purple double	New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 2507 2-tone marbled blue double	New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 738 Marbled blue double	Marbled blue full double with green sepals.Like all marbled blues, even these dark colours may be selected as soon as they germinate, just discard any with purple in the leaf stem.
Aquilegia ex 2191 Denim blue double
Aquilegia ex 2540 Marbled blue double	May have golden-leaved genes in it. New for 2015.
Aquilegia ex 2679 Marbled blue pleated double	New for 2015.
Aquilegia ex 2292 Denim blue double Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 2564 Denim purpley double	New for 2015
Aquilegia ex XAN Denim blue double	New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 742 Good blue double Sorry, sold out 2015 Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	A particularly good shade of blue, very vibrant and extremely floriferous.
Aquilegia ex 1804 Good blue pleated double Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	A good shade of blue, strong self-sown plant.
Aquilegia ex 1634 2-tone blue frilly double	Well scented, from a similar parent. 2' / 60-70cms
Aquilegia ex 1417 indigo double	Sorry, pic looks purple!
Aquilegia ex X85 Indigo double	New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 2201 large indigo pleated double	Nice large flowers.
Aquilegia ex 1499 Indigo pompom double	Bound to be popular! SOLD OUT 2015
Aquilegia ex 1224 Deep indigo full double Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Yes, I know it's looking purple, I THINK most of it is camera 'fault' though no doubt I am also at fault as it probably depends on my mood at the time as to how I differentiate between close shades on the day that I describe them!
Aquilegia ex 1789 Indigo pompom double Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	If a flower has at least 5 rows of petals (and 10 around in a circle) ie 50 petals minimum, I'm terming it a pompom form. Some of the very best pompoms may have up to 10 rows …100 petals!
Aquilegia ex 2504 Indigo frilly double New for 2015	Hmmm, I received this seed as Aquilegia baluchistanica, a little known species, so little known that I can find nothing about it online (!). Under this name, NARGS has an image of a very different Aquilegia, in an almost black colour rather than this indigo. And I'd never expect to see a species as a double flower, yet all the seeds in this batch came 'true' in as much as all were indigo frilly doubles flowering at about the same time. What is it? I don't know, but it's a lovely thing and I hope it proves to be long-lived.
Aquilegia ex 761 Purpley-blue pleated double
Aquilegia ex 1445 Indigo-blue double
Aquilegia ex 1013 Slatey-blue double Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 2674 Slatey purple-indigo double	New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 878 Sold out 2015 Blue spiky double Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex f5 Indigo-purple double ... yes, the 2 pics show how the camera and conditions affects the colour on the same plant! Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 2362 Blue 2-tone purple frilly double	yet another 2 pics to show how cameras can 'lie' about colours!
Aquilegia ex 2590 Purpley 2-tone double	New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 1504 Purple double Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Good purple colour in the popular pleated double form.
Aquilegia ex XANS Purple double	Good purple colour New for 2015
Aquilegia ex1866 Dark purple full double	Large flowers on a shorter plant, from a double, dark crimson flower that had yellow inside.
Aquilegia ex 1743 2-tone purple double Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Good purple colour and some scent. Yes, the flower looks single …
Aquilegia ex 1537 Green-tipped purple Barlow type Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Nice dark shade.
Aquilegia ex 2216 Small, nearly-black double, lighter inside Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	From a red & yellow double , the lighter colour inside the petals could be yellow genes....
Aquilegia ex 2589 Dark, shading to light, double	New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 2407 Black double, lighter inside Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	The creaminess inside suggests yellow genes from its red & yellow double mother. SOLD OUT 2015
Aquilegia ex 1250 Black double, was single	This bell-shaped flower was a single in its first year, now it's double.... but I've no photos of that form, sorry. New for 2015
Aquilegia 2002 Black pleated double	Surprise seedling from an apricot-pink & yellow mother plant! Whenever I use the word black I mean the deepest crimson that verges on black, although some may be slightly different shades and tones, they will all be satisfyingly dark, and very handsome. Cameras can never catch the depth of colour in these flowers …unless taken against a light background …then it can be overdone!

Now let's discover the current Touchwood range of seeds from BICOLOURED DOUBLES.

Here the second colour is always white (or creamy)
The table that follows this one, of the Connoisseur's Choice range, include many bicoloured plants with yellow as the second colour.

The list starts pinks, reds then blues, purples to black.

Aquilegia ex 1754

palest pink & white pleated double

Palest pink and creamy white. From one described as 'creamy yellow' came these striking pleated doubles. I grew several and all were the same so hopefully you, too, should get a good proportion (or all) similar ones. Note the plant stems have little or no purple in them, and are more '2-tone' than 'bicoloured'.

Aquilegia: Palest pink and white pleated double

Aquilegia ex 2228

Large pale pink & creamy pleated double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

The creaminess is quite yellow to start with.. From 1383 large blue & white.

Aquilegia2228 large pale pink & creamy double

Aquilegia ex 1999

Pale pink & creamy hybrid, becoming double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

A wonderful pale pink & creamy white with longish spurs than then produced double flowers. This is a hybrid of 'Elegant Ruby' x a pink & yellow double. Therefore the next, f2, generation will likely be very variable including golden leaved ones.

Aquilegia: Pale pink & creamy hybrid, becoming double

Aquilegia ex 1630

Pale pink & white hybrid, double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

Sister to the above. This is a hybrid of 'Elegant Ruby' x a pink & yellow double. Therefore the next, f2, generation will likely be very variable including golden leaved ones.

Aquilegia: Pale pink & white hybrid, double

Aquilegia ex 1640

Pale pink & white double

Seedling from a pink & yellow double, selfed.

Aquilegia ex 1837

Pale pink & white pleated double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

A seedling from 'Strawberry Icecream' that is a lighter pink.

Aquilegia: Pale pink & white pleated double

Aquilegia ex 1378

Late pink & white double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

Besides being generally enchanting, this plant has another big benefit, it flowers rather later than most vulgaris, so extends the season. Let's see what the offspring offer.

Aquilegia ex 1171

Lilac-pink & creamy-white double

Seedling from aquilegia 'Flamboyant'

Aquilegia 1171 lilac pink & creamy double

Aquilegia ex XANPK

Pink & white double

SOLD OUT 2015

New for 2015

Aquilegia ex 1945

Pink & white pleated double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

Seedling from aquilegia 'Flamboyant'

Aquilegia ex X55FF

Pink & white double

New for 2015

Aquilegia ex 1624

Pink & white pleated double

From a ruby & creamy yellow double and looks far better than the photo shows!

Aquilegia ex 2092

Pink & creamy double

From a pink & yellow apricot double.

Aquilegia ex 2305

Pink & white (starts creamy) double

Aquilegia 2235 pink & creamy double

Aquilegia ex 2605

Pink & creamy double

New for 2015

From a blushed yellow double, but also has some Barlow genes in.... exciting!

Aquilegia ex 1720

Pink & creamy white small double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

Goodness knows the parent plant …I rescued this from my sales table because I couldn't bear to part with it!

Aquilegia ex 875

Pink & white stripy double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

Pink and white spiky quilled striped double.

Aquilegia ex 1345

Pink & white loose stellata

Again a very variable flower. This grows next to 1329 (below) and both look good there, as seen in this photo of them both together: Aquilegia 1345 and 1329 loose variable doubles

Aquilegia ex 1329

Pink & white stripy loose stellata

Voluptuous variable variety, very valuable!

This, and the above, are 2 of the most sought-after ones when people see them flowering in the garden!

Aquilegia: Pink & white stripy loose stellata

Aquilegia ex 1296

Dark pink & white double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

The white starts creamy.

Aquilegia 1296 dark pink & white double

Aquilegia ex X55DKPKWH

Dark pink & creamy white double

The white starts beautifully creamy.

New for 2015

Aquilegia ex 1623 ruby & white pleated double

From a ruby & creamy double.

Aquilegia: Ruby and white pleated double

Aquilegia ex 1622
Ruby & white pleated double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

Sister to the above, from a ruby & creamy double.

Aquilegia ex 1759
Red and white double

This is a hybrid seedling of either 'Elegant Ruby' x ecalcarata OR 613 x ? yes, I muddled up the labels on 2 crosseds so it's one or the other!!!! Doesn't 'look' like either set of parents is likely, but that's aquilegias for you! I assume the next generation will guide me to know which cross it was!

Aquilegia ex 1642

Red & creamy double Aquilegia: Red & creamy double

Opening creamy yellow than aging just about white. This is a hybrid seedling of a 'William Guiness' double form x ecalcarata , let's find out what traits offspring have!

Note I also crossed the same mother with a pink & yellow double, which gave similar effect. Strange..see below

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

Aquilegia ex 1816

Red & creamy double Aquilegia: Red & creamy double

Opening creamy yellow than aging just about white. This is a hybrid seedling of a 'William Guiness' double form x a pink & yellow double , let's find out what traits offspring have!

I'm hoping for more yellow in some of the f2 generation.

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

Aquilegia ex 1839

Ruby & white double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

Aquilegia ex 1459

Crimson & white double

Crimson & white double.

Sold out 2015

Aquilegia ex X5RWHD

Red & white double

Crimson & white double.

New for 2015 Sold out 2015

Aquilegia ex 2597

Ruby & white frilly double

From a pink stellata, so expect surprises.

New for 2015

Aquilegia ex 2226

Ruby & white double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

From a similarly flowered parent that had gold leaves, so there may be some golden leaved forms in your offspring! In fact I'm unsure if this had golden leaves or not (!) as later in the season it can be hard to be sure ine way or the other.

Aquilegia ex 2570

Dark pink-red & white stripey double

New for 2015

Aquilegia ex 1458

White-edged ruby quilled double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

Aquilegia ex 330

Ruby & white Barlowish

Sold out 2015

Complete with stripes!

Aquilegia ex 1161

Crimson & white stripey double

New for 2015

Aquilegia ex 2575

Darkest crimson & white quilled double, white inside

New for 2015

Aquilegia ex

Blue & white doubles mixed

Be aware, this is likely to be the sort of seedlist I can offer in a a few years' time, just mixes of certain colours, not individual types from different parents.

Aquilegia ex 2451

Good-blue & white double

A particularly good, lighter blue, is teamed with white in this pleated double.

New for 2015

Aquilegia ex 1150

Light-faced large indigo double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

quilegia large indigo double with a light face

Aquilegia ex 1700

Large blue and white double.

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

Large blue and white double.

From a large blue & white double x red & white long-spurred, so expect surprises from these seeds!.

Aquilegia ex 2596

Large blue & white double

From 1633

New for 2015

ex 1457

Blue and white double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

Blue and white double.

Seedling from 'Flamboyant', so expect varied offspring.

Aquilegia ex 1320

Large blue-&-white double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

SOLD OUT 2015

Aquilegia 1320 large blue & white double

Aquilegia ex 1801

Blue and white double.

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

Self-sown!.

Aquilegia ex 1777

Large blue & white double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

These HUGE blooms started double then became single late in the season. Great buds!

Aquilegia ex 1298

Large indigo and white double.

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

Admittedly, most flowers are singles......

Aquilegia 1298 large indigo & white double

Aquilegia ex 2334

Indigo and white double.

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

Aquilegia ex 821

Indigo and white full double

BUY WHILE YOU CAN, THE PARENT PLANT HAS NOW DIED

Extraordinary, floriferous amazing indigo and white (starts creamy) double.

After 2 years of selling these seeds, I suddenly realised: it's indigo & white not blue & white!

Aquilegia ex 1633

Blue and white double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

Blue and white double, starts creamy. It was a HUGE plant in it's first flowering year (2012) and wowed everyone who saw it.

Seedling from 821 (indigo & creamy double) x a pink & yellow double, so expect varied offspring.

MOST AMAZING

Aquilegia ex 1818

Indigo & white double

longer blades

Indigo and white double from my slender white single. Very different and exciting.

Aquilegia ex 1509

indigo & white double

Indigo and white double, ex 'Flamboyance'!

Slightly variable, a pleated double that may give stripy flowers.

Aquilegia ex 1618

Indigo & white double

From a pompom form.

Aquilegia ex 1636

Indigo & white double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

From a red & white double …let's hope for exciting variation from this one!

Aquilegia ex 1863

Indigo & white full double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

From 821 x pink & yelow early double. Now, it looks like I didn't actually list this online least year, so although they are last year's seeds, it is the first year of availability! I'm sure this would have sold out otherwise.

New for 2015

Aquilegia ex 2655

Variable indigo & white double

Exciting stripiness!

New for 2015 Sold out 2015

Aquilegia ex 2666

Stripey indigo & white double

Good full double.

New for 2015

Aquilegia ex 1861

Dark indigo & white pleated double

A little darker than 821, more an indigo-black colour, and has some stripiness on some flowers, see left.

Seedling from 821 (indigo & creamy double) x a pink & yellow double, so expect varied offspring.

Aquilegia ex 2375

Indigo-purple & creamy-white double

Lost the label so unknown parentage, started double but later flowers all single:

Aquilegia 2375 Indigo-purple & creamy double-single

Aquilegia ex 1628

Large indigo-purple & white double

Huge, open double flowers. From a large blue & white double x red & white long-spurred, one of it's sisters is below, No. 1741

Aquilegia ex X65PIW

Indigo-purple & white double

Oops no pic, but I selected a photo of a very similar one.

New for 2015

Aquilegia ex 1741

Large indigo-purple & white double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

Huge, open double flowers. From a large blue & white double x red & white long-spurred, so expect surprises from these seeds!

Aquilegia Ex 889

Unusual purple-blue & white double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

Surprise seedling from a cream & apricot, and it's scented.

Aquilegia ex 1030

Purple & white double

A sort-of Barlow, stripey flower, which always attracts a lot of attention.

Aquilegia ex 2231

Striped indigo-purple double

Two people visiting the Collection reckoned this to be the BEST aquilegia of them all... they saw it in its single form, wonder what they'd have thought when it became a variable double: Aquilegia 2231 striped purple & white double at Touchwood National Collection

Aquilegia ex 1654

Purple & creamy double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

From a delicate black & white double.

Aquilegia ex 686

Purple & white double

Aquilegia 686 purple & white double at Touchwood National Collection

Aquilegia ex 2366

Black & creamy inside double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

Either I was colour-blind when I described this else in real life this is a far darker ruby than it looks (!).

Aquilegia 2366 black, creamy inside double

Aquilegia ex 1179

Delicate black & white double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

From a large lilac & white double.

Aquilegia ex 1005

Black & white double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

Varying from black & white to white-edged black ,double.

Aquilegia ex 2293

Black & white double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

self-sown son of 1005, above. Very similar indeed.

Aquilegia ex 2535

Black & white quilled double

New for 2015

Beautifully quilled (curled back) petals from a Barlow type.

Aquilegia ex 1181

Black & white double

Sometimes stripy.

Aquilegia ex 1649

Purple-black & creamy double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

Part of my breeding program, the father plant was a pink & yellow, so I hope for more yellow in some offspring, as well as variation in the darker colour that it's paired with, here a purpley-black shade.

Aquilegia 1649 purpley-black & creamy-white double

Aquilegia ex 1648

Ruby-black & creamy double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

Brother to above, this has a ruby-black rather than a purple-black colour. Yes the yellowness fades as flower matures.

Aquilegia 1648 ruby-black & creamy-white double

Aquilegia ex 2315

Black & white pleated double

Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets

From a burgundy & yellow double.


Now let's look at the Aquilegia vulgaris f. stellata or star forms. Also known as clematis-flowered, which is what I'll use for not-all-vulgaris-genes ones
Aquilegia ex stellata white	Stellata form, white. One of the unusual star or clematis-flowered forms. Do grow them in your garden and amaze your friends. 'Can those REALLY be aquilegias??!!' YES!!!
Aquilegia ex 1494 Stellata grey-white	Well not exactly grey but a greeny creamy white that isn't as bright at the usual white sort. Has a special charm, due, I think, to the long curved stem from which the flower hangs. Mother plant was an unusual lilac double.
Aquilegia ex 2013 White not-stellata! Well, I've put this with the stellatas, as that's the shape, but look, it has spurs on the flowers! Mother plant was a marbled blue Barlow type. Let's find out what the offspring look like.
Aquilegia ex wall Stellata pale pink Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Delicate colouring
Aquilegia ex 1740 Pink variable clematis flowered Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	From 'Flamboyant'
Aquilegia ex 2308 Stellata small pink Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets
Aquilegia ex 2608 Stellata large pink New for 2015	Note, this has Barlow genes in, but also yellow-colour genes, so offspring could be very variable and interesting!
Aquilegia ex 2307 Stellata pink (darker than Touchwood Dreamtime, found in named list) Lovely raised central area.
Aquilegia ex 1674 Ruby stellata Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	From 999, an unusual white-edged flower with long drooping blades.
Aquilegia ex 1315 ruby stellata Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Love that curved flower stem!
Aquilegia ex 2084 Ruby stellata New for 2015 Sold out 2015	Sorry, no pic, so I've given another photo (actually 2019) ... or the 2 above are all similar.
Aquilegia ex 2573 Marbled blue-purple stellata New for 2015	Looks like there may be some purple in the leaf-stem.
Aquilegia ex 2574 Marbled purple stellata New for 2015	Looks like there may be some purple in the leaf-stem.
Aquilegia ex 1787 Blue stellata variable New for 2015	Ex 613!
Aquilegia ex1321 Stellata purple	From an darkish pink A. ecalcarata hybrid that looked rather like a Barlow shape.
Aquilegia ex 2537 Darkest purple stellata New for 2015	Ex a Barlow type.
Aquilegia ex 2769 Deep purple stellata New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 2572 Black stellata (deepest ruby) New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 2094 Large pale pinky yellow variable clematis-flowered/ long spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	I assume these forms (& see next entries) are hybrids of long spurred sorts with stellata-forms. In that case stellata shouldn't be used as a form, so I will use it here in a descriptive sense only! This is a seedling from 1015
Aquilegia ex 2100 Large pink & yellow variable clematis-flowered/ long spurred Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Sorry, abysmal photo for a very decent plant. Floriferous, I just forgot to take pics.
Aquilegia ex 1099 Peachy-pink stellata type	Peachy-pink stellata. Well that was what it was in its 1st year (right) but this year (2010) its been variable with many flowers opening out to a peachy-pink and yellow long spurred type (left)


The final sorts in this section are the ones with golden or variegated leaves.
Aquilegia ex 2654 White double flower, gold leaf	Gold leaf. New for 2015 Sold out 2015
Aquilegia ex 2438 Dusky pink flower, gold leaf Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Gold leaf.
Aquilegia ex 950 Marbled blue variable flower, gold leaf	Gold leaf.
Aquilegia ex XANBK Marbled blue flower, gold leaf	Gold leaf. New for 2015
Aquilegia ex 2437 Indigo flower, gold leaf	Gold leaf.
Aquilegia ex 1613 Purple flower, gold leaf Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Gold leaf
Aquilegia ex 2203 Black flowers, gold leaf Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets Sold out 2015	Gold leaf. Some flowers were single, others double.
Aquilegia ex 992 Black flowers, gold leaf Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Gold leaf. Some flowers were single, others double.
Aquilegia ex 1940 Crimson & white double, gold leaf Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Gold leaf.
Aquilegia ex 2232 Black & white double, gold leaf Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Gold leaf.
Aquilegia ex 1305 Variegated leaf, white double Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Variegated leaf
Aquilegia ex 1167 Variegated leaf, light pink Last year's seeds, so double-sized packets	Variegated leaf
Aquilegia ex 2538 Variegated leaf, pink stellata New for 2015	Variegated leaf
Aquilegia ex 989 Variegated leaf, marbled blue double.
~ Aquilegiachatlist Remaining seeds from the seed exchange. Monies raised will go to help run next year's exchange.	Spare seeds from the email interest group's seed exchange. Any monies raised helps to fund the exchange by contributing to postage and packaging costs. Just order as: aquilegiachatlist and the description given below. If you don't say aquilegiachatlist then I won't be able to find them! Choose from these: light blue vulgaris ; tall pale pink pale yellow medium spur dark clementine; white double; short plum double silver white pompom; single yellow; single pink / green yellow long spur; pale yellow chrysanthsa; dark purple shaggy tall double purple and white and pink and white frillies purple/white long spur; white pleat; white clematiflora; 5' purple medium spur OR CHOOSE 10 for £10 incl postage. It should be some of the ones listed and other donations (not listed, as Touchwood lists them above) …you'll have to be surprised!
Carrie, Just a quick note to let you know that I received my seed order last week and promptly got them stratified this past weekend. Thanks again for offering these seeds and dealing with my order in a prompt and efficient manner. I look forward to seeing the outcome of this purchase in 2011. Best regards, Jonathan Thompson, Canada 'Dear Carrie, you have done it again. You have infected me with the severest form of aquilegia fever. Here is my order for this year. A. Volkenborn, Germany. 'Coming to your website is always a feast for the eyes especially right now in the dead of winter. Blessings and thanks,'Maureen Smith, Ontario, Canada 'A big thank you for the wonderful aquilegias that we have in our garden now following the acquisition of your seeds last year. They are quite splendid and thriving in spite of the weather and the North Yorkshire climate. Kindest regards, Mike Holden. 2012 I was so overwhelmed by those exiting aquilegias you sell, that I ordered almost all just double ones. However I overlooked those more elegant ones, singles and maybe fragrants as well. I felt very sad, because I thought that I had to wait another year to make a new order. And then to wait another year to see them in bloom. That's much too long. So I decided to make another order this year. ;-) Reinhard Oberleitner, Austria

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