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TOUCHWOOD
AQUILEGIA SEED-LIST 2013
2014 seedlist is likely to be online
by the end of December 2013
Seed from
the amazing National Plant Collections®
of Aquilegia vulgaris cultivars and Aquilegia hybrids, here in
Swansea. Singles, doubles, bicolours, coloured leaves and scented forms.
Photo by West Digital
'I have
selected 15 packets, the choice was impossible if I had used a pin and blindfold
I would have still been happy!!' Norman Clayburn, Tyne & Wear
"Thank
you for all the seeds over the last 2 years, I have had at least 99.9%success,
that’s fantastic!" Mandy Walters, Dorset
"Thank you for what
will be an Xmas present to myself, which will last years and does not need
batteries. God willing will pay you a visit in the new year when your garden
will be at it's best". Andy Freeman, Herts.
"It
is as you say a wonderful plant this Aquilegia ,no bother but just keeps on
rewarding .....and without doubt I'm truly hooked.. line and sinker. On
receiving the seeds, I have decided to give myself an early Easter present". Andy
Freeman, Herts (in
December!) "I
think I got carried away with enthusiasm!"
"Just a note to say a
big thank you for the seeds I got from you. I have been ordering seeds from many
excellent purveyors over the years, but never before have I gotten 100%
germination as I did from your seeds. Keep up the good work!" Ruth Bierhoff
“All I can say is WOW. By far my
favourite flowers in the garden. They are still now flowering their
socks off. And the variety is fantastic. The size of some of them is
well beyond any that I have grown in the past. I keep deadheading them and
they keep on flowering. Thanks so much for growing such a wide variety.
No one that sees them can believe the variety, colour and size of these
aquilegia flowers. “ Sincerly
Donna Bourdage, Shropshire June 16th 2011
DID
YOU SEE MY AQUILEGIAS
(Granny's Bonnets, Columbines)
on TV,
Byw yn yr Ardd, to watch via youtube go to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pj56XZpaiA
for English captions select 'subtitles', it is the 2nd icon, bottom
right.
GARDEN
NEWS May 1st 2012
Germany: Country Magazine.
Japan March, Bises
COUNTRY LIVING:
May 2011
& in other
magazines
The Byw yn yr Ardd or Gardeners' World features
on TV could be thought of as a trailer for my 90minute
DVD/video
in which I tell you more than you thought there was to know about Aquilegias!
Includes demonstration of sowing and growing, pests, diseases, and breeding your
own plants. Many, many named forms, and other cultivars are shown.
SCROLL DOWN
FOR ALL AQUILEGIA LISTS, or use links below
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The bees have had their fun, and as
all my plants are open pollinated, Aquilegias
cannot to guaranteed to come true to type, I select seed from the correct seed
parent, but do not know what pollen fertilised it. Nevertheless, I've never
seen a 'bad' aquilegia! In a way with my aquilegia seeds you are buying the
amazing Touchwood gene pool as much as any particular cultivar.
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Often, I may only have a few
packets of seed of a certain type. I don’t say which are in
 short
supply because, magically, everyone suddenly ‘must have’ that plant!
So please give plenty of alternatives, or ring/e-mail for availability.
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Aquilegias are hardy
perennials that flower the year after sowing. More information on
sowing.
HOW MANY SEEDS IN A PACKET? Usually 'enough'! At
least 20 seeds and sometimes more than double that amount. As a general
rule, don't expect many more than 20 seeds in the Connoisseurs' Choice
selection of aquilegias, whereas many of the mixes are very generous, as well as
the single-coloured single flowered sorts "Your
seeds from last spring germinated at 90-95%" France
PHOTOGRAPHS are
great, but COLOURS aren't always perfect: eg understand that ordinary photos
tend to make blues look more purple and digital photos make the blues look
clearer! So please use the photos with this in mind and take the written
description as more realistic. However, MOST of the photos are taken of the
actual plant from which the seed was harvested....that's good, isn't it?
KEY: 'NEW for 20xx'' means new this
year, either for the first time or after a time of unavailability on the
seedlist,. ~ means seed (or some of the seed) has been sourced elsewhere, often
from a seed wholesaler (I can't guarantee germination rates etc!). A number (eg
ex 234) refers to the acquisition number/ collection number of the plant
in the national collection, from which the seed was harvested.
E-MAIL
LIST
If you would like
to receive new information & special offers, please
e-mail me
and I'll add you to my e-mailing list (just 4 emails sent/year).
There are 4 AQUILEGIA SEED-LISTS BELOW
Prices for 2013
£2 a packet.
6 or more:
£1.50/packet
15 or more:£1.25/packet
UK Postage & Packing is
£1.
Europe shipping £3
Other worldwide shipping £3.50
(all for padded envelope)
READY
RECKONER: 1packet=£2,
2=£4
3=£6,
4=£8,
5=£9,
6=£9, 7=£10.50,,
8=£12, 9=£13.50, 10=£15, 11=£16.50,12=£18,
13=£18.75, 14=£18.75, 15=£18.75
16=£20, 17=£21.25,
18=£22.50,
19=£23.75,
20= £25,
21=£26.25,
22=£27.50, 23 = £28.75, 24=£30, 25=
£31.25, 26= £32.50, 27= £33.75, 28= £35, 29= £36.35, 30= £37.50, 31= £38.75, 32=
£40,
.et cetera!
Yes….if you buy 10 packets, you may as well buy 15: Don't forget to add any postage costs. I always get
proof of posting so that you can claim in the event of non-delivery.
Pay
by: cheque, bank card or Paypal
More payment details
at bottom of this webpage....including OVERSEAS information
TO ORDER:
email me a list of seeds that you'd like, I'll check availability and
confirm total costs with you.
PLEASE order in the order that the seeds appear
in these lists, if possible, as it halves the time in preparing your order, and
means I can find the seeds! Thanks. To make it easy for you, you can just
put the acquisition number if you want, eg 608, although the failsafe way (in
case you or I get it wrong) would be to put eg 608 pink feather duster.
Trouble emailing?
Some systems aren't compatible with this link. If so, send in your email system
by putting carrie.thomas in front of @ntlworld.com to get my email address, else
ring 01792-522443. PAYMENT
is by cheque, payable to 'Touchwood Plants'. You may also choose to pay by
card, which can easily be done through email and the Paypal secure site (no need
to have a Paypal account).
Aquilegia Mixes
All seeds are £2 a packet, discounts for 6 packets
or more
AQUILEGIA BLACK MAGIC
MIX (from 22 mother plants) |
All
the ‘blackest’ ones: singles, doubles, clematis-flowered, ‘Black Barlow’,
‘William Guiness’ and it’s double form, are all here.
Spellbinding!
NOTE FOR ALL MIXES: Resulting plants should
not
be labeled, for example, ‘Touchwood Eventide’ or even ‘Eventide’ as they will be
a total mix, of some recognisable
named cultivars together with un-named forms. |
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AQUILEGIA WHITE
MAGIC
MIX (from 25
mother plants) |
You’ve
guessed it: all the white forms to
enlighten
your garden. Singles, clematis
flowered, and all kinds of doubles including some very special ones.
‘Magically’ you can select all the white seedlings at first leaf stage, just
discard any with any purple in the petioles, leaving just those with a whitish
green stem. (Such selections may also be marbled colours, ie ones with white
mixed in with the dominant colour) |
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AQUILEGIA ELITE
MIX
(from 50+
mother plants) |
This
is the mix you’ve always longed for, with seed selected from everything in the
Touchwood collection, EXCEPT for single, plain pinks or purples (unless
scented). Start your own
collection! |
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AQUILEGIA SUPREME
MIX |
Anything
and everything in this mix! |
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AQUILEGIA
STARSHINE MIX
= STELLATA
MIX
(from 11
mother plants) |
Do
you know these unusual forms? The flower has become flattened and star-shaped or
'clematis-flowered'. Many visitors cannot believe these are granny's bonnets!
Many colours, singles and double clematis flowered.
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AQUILEGIA BARLOWS
MIX
(from 8
mother plants) |
Barlow
forms are like spiky pompoms and are actually a full double stellata form.
These, too, are ancient forms that have been cultivated for many centuries.
Includes Nora, Blue, Black, Purple, Christa, and Rose Barlows
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AQUILEGIA
DENIM & ICE MIX
=MARBLED BLUE
MIX
(from 13
mother plants) |
A selection of marbled or streaky blues and purples colours from Demin (light
indigo) to Ice (hint of a tint of blue). Includes named varieties.
Select seedlings with no purpleyness on leaf-stalks, ie just like white ones
are. |
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AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD
BLUSHES MIX
(from 40+
mother plants) |
All
the pinks, from the palest pearls to the richest crimsons and rubies are all
here. Includes singles, all sorts
of doubles, bicolours, clematis-flowered, ‘Nora Barlow’ and ‘Rose Barlow’. |
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AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD
EVENTIDE MIX
(from 35
mother plants)
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Here
we have the blues and purples: the colours of dusk and evening.
Singles, varied doubles, bicolours, clematis-flowered and Barlow types.
Unbelievable variety…and some scented ones too!
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AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD
FANCIES MIX
(from 35+
mother plants)
Do you know when I was a
little girl I used to pull the flowers off some of the Granny's Bonnets and
stand them up on the grass-suspended over a crossed stick and pretend that they
were ladies at a dance, I would imagine that they came alive at night. They were
always dead by the next day, but I spent many happy hours. I never had pom pom
ones though-I would have been thrilled with those. I will make an order soon.
Our seasons are reversed here obviously-do I sow in spring or autumn? I am so
happy to have found you! Happy gardening, Ellen Rowatt, Australia.
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All
the many and varied double forms, from white to black, through
pinks, clarets, purples and bicoloureds.
Pleated, frilly, clematis-flowered, Barlows, feather-dusters.
Oh, and variegated foliage ones!
Special and spectacular! |
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~AQUILEGIA
DOUBLES MIX
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Let's try another mix of doubles
from another supplier, unfortunately they had no photo.
New for 2013 |
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AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD CRINOLINE LADIES
New for 2013

pompoms mix from 6 parents |
These cultivars have been grown in cottage gardens for
centuries. The best are bicoloured, tight round pompoms. I’ve also included very
full doubles that are pompom shaped when
viewed ‘face-on’. Aquilegia
flowers have 5 petals. Double forms have 10 around the flower in a circle
(whorl), and more whorls of 10 within those. Pompom forms may have 10 x 10
petals, yes, 100 petals instead of 5! The photo, left, shows how these petals
are stacked one-inside-the-other so each spur nestles in the spur of another.
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~AQUILEGIA 'POM-POMS
MIXED'
from Plant World. |
Seeds & pic from Plant World. I've had a lot of pom-poms from this mix in the
past.
New for 2013 |
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AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD
DUETS MIX
(from 55
mother plants) |
A gorgeous mix of all my many bicoloured flowers.
Singles and doubles, beautiful and impressive. Also
now available as seeds from just singles (Delightful Duos) or doubles (Double
Delights), see 2 entries below. |
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AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD
DELIGHTFUL DUOS
MIX
(from 25
mother plants) |
Single forms with dramatic bicoloured flowers.
Note, if you want bicoloured LONG SPURRED flowers,
choose McKana or Dragonfly Mixes. |
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AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD
DOUBLE
DELIGHTS
MIX
(from 30
mother plants) |
Seeds from double flowers with 2 colours.
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AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD HARMONY MIX
yellow bicoloured mix from 6 parents
New for 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.
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LONG-SPURRED MIX
(from 35
mother plants) |
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. |
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Aquilegia
Touchwood PHARAOH'S TREASURE MIX
yellows mix from 17 parents
New for 2013 |
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.
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AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD
GLIMMERS MIX (from 35
mother plants) |
A selection of all the pale colours (including white), which stand out so well
in the garden. All sorts of flower
forms and bicoloured ones.
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AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD
RICHES
(from 20
mother plants) |

All the darkest, deepest, richest colours.
From ‘black’ through ruby and claret and purple and indigo.
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AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD
SIMPLICITYMIX
(from 14
mother plants) |

I
thought I’d a comprehensive list of mixes….then a gentleman asked me for one
from just the elegant, simple single flowers!
So here it is! Also see long-spurred sorts, eg McKana and Dragonfly Mixes.
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AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD
FRAGRANT MIX
(13
mother plants) |
A
mix of seed from the fragrant forms in my garden.
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~Aquilegia
ex 'Fragrant Fantasy' |
Seed & pic from Plant World. Let me quote what Ray Brown
says on their site~:A new and lovely range of columbines bred from some of
the most fragrant species in cultivation. The perfumed flowers come in all
shapes and sizes, from tight pom-poms to long-spurred singles and in a wide
variety of colours.
New for 2013
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~Aquilegia
‘Perfumed Garden’ |
Large, scented flowers. Photo and seed from Plant World.
New for 2013 |
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AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD
GOLD
(from 16
mother plants) |
Giving
a long season of interest are these gold-splashed and golden leafed
forms. Easily selected even at
seed-leaf stage.
Seed from a wide selection of flower colours and forms, each one will delight
both you and your friends.
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~AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD LILIPUT LOVELIES!

DWARF MIX ex at least 11 types |
I've
finally got enough seed to offer to people wanting diminutive
plants. These are from tiny up to 'Winky' &' Spring Magic' heights
(12"/30cms). Ideal for the rock garden, troughs, pots and the front of the
border. Mainly species but with some dwarf hybrids. Includes AA. pyrenaica
discolor and
flabellata
of all sorts and occasional others.
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~Aquilegia Biedermeier Mixed |
That's different: upwardly facing flowers on this dwarf mix. No need to
tip this chins of these beauties, they gaze up adoringly at you gazing down
adoringly on them. Oh for goodness sake Carrie, that is just too twee and sugary
even for you. Photo by Robert Höck. |
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~ Aquilegia coerulea hybrids |
Huge yet delicately balanced flowers, many bicoloured types. Lovely long-spurs
on these American hybrids. Aquilegia coerulea itself is a clear blue and white,
far clearer than the blues found here in our British natives. It is the state
flower of Colorado and can colour the countryside in swathes of dancing blue in
the spring. Now that state is where Bob Nold lives. He has written the only book
on Aquilegias (Columbines: ISBN 0-88192-588-8). No wonder! For those of
you with the book - I love the no-nonsense guide to the 'mysteries of growing
columbines' as revealed on p13. |
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~Aquilegia 'Dragonfly Hybrids' |
LARGE flowers. American brightly-coloured hybrids that are a couple of
feet in height rather than about three. Beautifully held flowers, so that
they seem to dance and jitter on the plant. I 'm really pleased with
mine ...and others have said the same to me.
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~Aquilegia
McKana hybrids mix
or choose McKana Giant hybrids mix |
Loads and loads of colours in this large-flowered, long spurred mix. Yes,
many more than shown in the photos.
Brilliant!
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~Aquilegia
Rosina's Extra Specials Mix |
Here's something different, from another keen gardener comes this collection.
They are much larger packets of seeds as the viability is a little lower than
mine as these are a year old. Rosina has an extraordinary aquilegia collection,
and offers me all her 'left over' one year old seeds....BUT ONLY of her extra
special forms. Includes golden, variegated leaved forms and a HUGE range of
flower forms. Do have a go. |
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Touchwood Lottery Mix
more generous amounts from 15 parents
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Each year as I collect seeds from my National Collections I find that there
are plants that have lost their labels. Oh dear what could they be? Up to now
they've gone into the general mixes but what a waste of what could be
extra-specials! Want to take a chance? There's bound to be winners hence
I've called it the Touchwood Lottery Mix! |
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Aquilegia ex Spring Magic Mix from 3 parents |

Photo captures them just about to burst into flower: one of the earliest in the
garden. These 3 plants are growing in one large container. |
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~Aquilegia flabellata mix |
Some
A. flabellata forms and hybrids (eg Mini Star and Cameo ranges) Be lucky and
get unusual forms amongst them! These are short plants, very dainty and
beautiful. Some will be exceedingly tiny indeed, rock garden delights, and
most will be bicoloured with white petals and, most commonly, blue (or another
colour) sepals.
Sold out 2013 |
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Aquilegia pyrenaica incl subsp. discolor & hybrids
mix |
Sturdy hybrids of the dwarf alpine often just known as A. discolor.
Discolor means 2-colours so guess what you'll get! Photo is of A. pyrenaica
itself, by Robert Höck.
Sold out 2013 |
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~Aquilegia
Species Mix at least
nine types |
I have a few different species of aquilegia in my garden that don't offer
enough seed individually to offer to you. I've mixed this seed and added
some of the other species found on this webpage, given a stir, made a wish and
here they are! Be surprised.....and pleased!
Singles, sometimes bicoloured and all sorts of shapes and sizes. Note, the
photos are for rough guidance only |
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Aquilegia
Connoisseurs' Choice:
Very Special mix from 37 parents |
Can’t
choose?
How about this then:
Connoisseurs' Choice:
Very special mix
from many very special, but low yield plants..... the mix
changes each year and is a marvellous opportunity to discover something very
different and beautiful. Note: the photos may not depict actual
plants harvested from, but gives an idea of the wealth of unusual forms that it
contains. |
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AQUILEGIA
STREWING
MIX |
HUGE packets that you can grow by
scattering direct on the ground where you wish them to flower. Includes
Touchwood Supreme mix with current plentifuls, as well as some of last year's
spare seeds. Remember, they'll take 1-2 months to germinate! |
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FREE SEEDS... |
Buy any 8 mixes, and choose another....free ....NOT including my special mixes
below eg VOLCANO! and Shooting Stars mix |
Go on, have another look at all the mixes above |
Shooting Stars Yellow doubles from Touchwood Mix
from10 parents |
Yellow doubles mix.
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Dragon's Breath Mix from 10 parents |
From the land of dragons, comes seed from the
remarkable collection of red & yellow doubles at Touchwood. To get an idea of
the range of flowers included in this mix, see the ones pictured above as red &
yellow doubles.
Having NOTHING to do with aquilegias, here's a link to
WALKING the DRAGON, an
article I first wrote for a family newsletter about a special walk here in
Wales.
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VOLCANO! |
'Volcano!' Mix from Touchwood. Doubles with yellow in, including yellow
doubles & apricotty ones.
The photo well shows what my new aquilegia hybrid national plant collection
is all about. Spectacular, aren't they?
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Touchwood 'Sunrise Surprises' Mix Pink & yellow doubles mixed |
Seed from all sorts of pink and yellow doubles including the blushed yellow
ones. NEW FOR 2013 |
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Touchwood Mix
blue/indigo & (usually
creamy) yellow doubles mixed
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Will you help me choose a name for this mix? Do you
prefer ''Blue Moon' or 'Mystic Moonlight? Or do you have a suggestion or two to
offer?
The blues and indigos, currently, are ones that open creamy yellow and ages
lighter. NEW FOR 2013 |
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Purple & yellow doubles mix
purple & yellow doubles mixed
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Will you help me choose a name for this mix? Do you
prefer 'Crown Jewels', 'Emperor's Glory', 'Magic & Mystery' 'Merlin's Delight',
'Touchwood Treasures' ''Sultan's delights/secrets/specials/glory/ selection/
daydreams' 'oo la la!', 'Dancing girls', 'Frivolity & Fun' 'Wizard's Delight',
or 'Merlin's Magic'? Or do you have a suggestion or two
to offer that captures the rich colour mix?
These and the next mix look rather similar. And, yes, it IS difficult to
separate some purples from 'blacks', but generally to the eye (rather than
camera) in daylight, these are more purple, and 'Night
Lights' are darker. NEW FOR 2013 |
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Touchwood 'Night Lights' Mix 'black' & yellow doubles mixed |
Burgundy / black & yellow doubles.
Seed from those closest to black
that I can get with yellow accompanying it. Sometimes the yellow fades to creamy
with maturity of the individual flower. NEW FOR 2013 |
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Touchwood 'Black & Bruises!' mix
'black'/blue
/purple & yellow doubles mixed
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What beautiful colours bruises go after some days, not just 'black & blue' but
rich purples, burgundies and yellows. I think that the name of this mix (of the
3 above mixes) captures the striking colour effects of old bruises, without
having to undergo the original pain! NEW FOR 2013 |
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'I think your website is brilliant, your passion for the plants really comes
across and selections are first class. Now I've found you, I'll know where to
come again in the future. Kind regards, Mike Brown, Surrey 2011.'
'Oh, your seedlist makes me sick, I have looked through it twice already, but
there is absolutely no space for more aquilegias...Or is there? What an effort
you put into the list! The collection list, starting of with white and getting
darker and darker for example, all the text describing all the entries...
Susann, Sweden'
'I wrote earlier that my
seed sowing skill is limited – well, I am really rather pleased. I’ve
ended up with over 20 plants each from the pink, white and black stellata seeds.
I’ve 15 'Green Apple' plants too. Unfortunately, I only got five “Firewheel”
plants, but that’s fine because I’m sure the little devils will produce some
very interesting babies none-the-less! I’m planning a new border just for
my babies! Thank you so much. With very best wishes
Julia Alder August 2010.'
Thanks for the info Julia....very good for me as the Green Apples and Firewheel
ones are seeds
BUY IN! so the best germination was with my own seeds....probably
because they are fresher one. And now that I know that Firewheel seeds were
rather poor germinators I'll be able to put more in a packet next year
Green Apples is my own seed this year.
’You will be pleased to hear
that I have supplied most of Birkerød with lovely Touchwood aquilegias.’ Best
wishes, Lise Sonne Rasmussen, Denmark 2012
Species
and Named Cultivars
ALL packets of seeds are £2, discounts for 6 packets +
You should always have at least
20 seeds/packet often many more, it depends on the generosity of the
plant or plants.
Aquilegia species ex 2106 yellow |
Let’s start the species list with unknown or unconfirmed species....not wanting
to mislead and wrongly label, I offer packets of seeds from these parent plants.
Lovely triternate foliage (looks delicate and rather like a
maidenhair fern). Short, 12" / 30cms, delightful upfacing small flowers.
New for 2013 |
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~Aquilegia pale yellow from Jyl |
I'm trying this myself, will you join me? Jyl explains the colour as a cream
yellow with darker yellow blades, even though the photo has come out rather
silvery. From a strong plant, 3' tall and very long-blooming.
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia species ex 2066 orange &
yellow |
Outfacing
New for 2013
Sold out 2013 |
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Aquilegia species ex 1780 red & yellow |
Nodding
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia species ex 2071 red & yellow |
Nodding
New for 2013
Sold out 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1472
&ex 1556
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Here's
some I grew from skinneri seed, which it
isn’t. What is it? I don't know....but
isn't it lovely? I’ve popped it here with the species types, so order it by
number and put red and yellow species type. The pics show flowers from the two
different plants.
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Aquilegia red and yellow species type
double |

Here we have a ‘natural’ double form of the above type.
Sold out 2013 |
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~Aquilegia
alpina |
My
friend Eddy took these photos in the French alps: Queyras. Sold
out 2013
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Aquilegia atrata |
Atrata means 'dark, and that's just what you'll
get! Attractively exerted stamens. Last years seeds, double-sized packets.
Sold out 2013 |
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~A. bertolonii |
Full sized flowers on diminutive plants...look closely at the photo on the
right, you are seeing the whole plant...see the black rim of the pot?
Photo, left, is by Jyl Tuck. |
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~Aquilegia canadensis |
Another from North America. Red and yellow. Did
you know? The straight spur, which are particularly wide at the base is an
adaptation to its pollinator..........the humming-bird. So are the exerted
stamens...which brush their pollen on the humming-birds neck a s it uses its
tongue to lap the nectar.
One of the reasons for growing this, therefore, is to attract 'hummies' to
the garden.
It's not yet worked for me.
Photo by Susann Nilsson (right) and Robert Höck (left) |
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Aquilegia chrysantha cultivars
“Hi Carrie.......Yesterday I sat in my very small garden and thought “I
wonder if I can get some yellow aquilegia ?”...........good grief I am
completely and utterly blown away by your website. Absolutely fantastic and so
inspiring and the answer is obviously yes!! So here’s my list.....”
Anne Laney, Berkshire
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Well named- as chrysantha means yellow. These have totally 'stolen the show'
for me during their long flowering season.
Seeds from long-lived
cultivars in my garden.
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Aquilegia chrysantha 'Yellow Star' |
I’m really pleased to offer this favourite cultivar, I
bought plants in 2011 at The National Botanic Garden of Wales.
Many apologies, I offered this as 'Yellow Queen' last year.
My mistake. I don't know the differences between them.
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~Aquilegia coerulea |
Huge clear-blue and white flowers
Pho by Susann Nilsson |
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~Aquilegia ecalcarata |
Also known as Semiaquilegia ecalcarata. Small,
exceedingly dainty maroonish flowers. Look...no spurs! Delightful. 8-15"
Sold out 2013 |
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Aquilegia ecalcarata hybrid ex 1822 a-g
2-tone purple, yellowy inside New for 2013 |

Seed came from a friend, all seedlings were like this, with spurs on smallish
plants. I love the yellowy colour inside, let's see what the next generation
will look like. |
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Aquilegia ecalcarata hybrid from 'Elegant
Ruby' x ecalcarata New for 2013 & VERY special! |
This
one will definitely throw different offspring. The mother parent was a golden
leaved ruby single, and the father was A
ecalcarata. ALL offspring of this cross looked the same, all having the
habit, size and look of A. ecalcarata,
however the flowers are a good dark shade and have spurs. The next (f2)
generation should be extremely interesting ....I’m looking for the golden leaved
sorts. There is also likely to be variation in colour, flower shape, time of
flowering, heights etc etc AND new genes from any crossing done by the
bumble-bees! |
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ex 1241 Pink clematis-flowered
ecalcarata short |
ecalcarata hybrid. I had been calling this pink
form a stellata, but now I've learned that that is ONLY to be used
for A. vulgaris forms of this shape.
So, please do not use
stellata yourself to describe these
forms of A. ecalcarata or any other
Aquilegia species.
Now, what to do, let’s revert to the
common-useage description of such forms in
A. vulgaris and call them
clematis-flowered. So, here I offer a pink, clematis-flowered form of
Aquilegia ecalcarata, that is
probably a hybrid.
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ex pink clematis-flowered ecalcarata
hybrid ex 1888/9/90 2' /60cms |
From one similar to the above, came all these rather taller, 24-30" (60-75cms)
plants all looking remarkably the same. Note 1890 is
slightly darker than 1888 and 1889 (see photo below), ask for which you want.
These are probably very similar to A. ‘Apple Blossom’
NEW for 2013 |
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~Aquilegia flabellata |
Blue-purple, rather bell shaped flowers on plants
to about 2' high. Photos by Susann Nilsson Sold out 2013 |
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~Aquilegia flabellata var
pumila (or nana) |
These are quite short (6-7") plants, very dainty
and beautiful. Rock garden, or in a pot: bicoloured blue and white petals.
Delightful. Seed & pic from Jyl |
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~Aquilegia flabellata var
pumila f
alba from Jyl Tuck |
The white form of this aquilegia, also known as A.
flabellata 'Nana Alba'.
Jyl
Tuck explained: 'it grows to 12"-18" tall, is early, long lived, with strong fan
foliage-- living through our -20F winters with ease'. (Carrie's note, this is
rather tall for pumila, though less than expected for ordinary
flabellata, I'm trying them all, will you?) |

Photos by Jyl Tuck |
~Aquilegia flabellata 'Ministar' |
Short plants with large flowers in a clear blue and
white.
Sold out 2013 |
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~Aquilegia flabellata Mixed |
A. f labellata
forms and hybrids (eg Mini Star and Cameo ranges) Be lucky and get unusual forms
amongst them! These are short plants, very dainty and beautiful. Some will be
exceedingly tiny indeed, rock garden delights, and most will be bicoloured with
white petals and, most commonly, blue (or another colour) sepals.
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~Aquilegia formosa
ALSO var
truncata |
Beautiful red and yellow flowers on this plant
native to western North America. Naturally pollinated by humming birds...hence
those dangling golden stamens all positioned ready to dust the hummy's chin with
pollen. But I've never seen one visit my plants...even when I've been an 'early
worm'. Oh well, instead I can use them in a traditional way, as a love charm.
Hope hubby doesn't mind!
Also available as the variety
truncata, where the inner petals are
shorter (truncated). If you want these, order
Aquilegia formosa var . truncata.
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Aquilegia
formosa |
~Aquilegia fragrans
|
I love this plant so am sowing seeds from other people’s
plants to get a wider gene pool.
Photo & seed from Plant World. |
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~ laramiensis |
Photo by Susann Nilsson
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~Aquilegia longissima |
Lovely yellow flowers with the looooooooooooooongest spurs! They can be
150cm (6") long. How on earth do any insects
manage to get the nectar at the very end of the spurs? They are pollinated by
moths with very long tongues indeed! I keep trying but can never get
the true A. longissima..I suspect those are the ones that die during their first
winter here. Let's try again. |
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~Aquilegia
olympica |
A species from the woods and meadows of the
Turkish
mountains.
Photo left by Robert Höck
Seeds, & photo right from Jyl Tuck. |
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~Aquilegia oxysepala |
Another species Aquilegia with maroon and mustard flowers. Nold,
in his Columbine monograph, states: "This species, which differs from A. buergeriana in its strongly hooked spurs [which Susann Nilsson's photos
admirably show] and barely exerted stamens, grows to 80cm."
I had these seeds for myself from a new, untried source, there are some
spare. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex ?x puyearana New for 2013 |
I
was thrilled to be given seeds of this hybrid to try, and really like the
resulting plants, both were rather short, say 12” / 35cms with slightly-purpley-red
with yellow long-spurred flowers. I read in ‘Columbines’ monograph that A
xpuryearana is from a crossing of A. hinckleyana and A. Canadensis. Also known
as ‘Blazing Star Columbine’, they should be red & yellow but I’m unsure about
their usual height. Mine don’t seem to be as bright red, nevertheless they make
handsome plants.
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~pyrenaica subsp discolor
syn A. discolor
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A. Pyrenaica subsp discolor: Extremely popular and often
just known as Aquilegia discolor, a dainty rock-garden plant with
blue-and white flowers.
Photo and some of the seeds are from Jyl Tuck.
Sold out 2013
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~Aquilegia
saximontana, |
From a friend, I have a few packets to spare. First come first served.
 Blue and
white alpine.
Photo rhs by Robert Höck; lhs by Jyl Tuck (and seed supplied by
Jyl).
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~Aquilegia sibirica |
My Swedish friend Susann introduced me to this species...her
favourite with its almost red stems and blue and white flowers. She
explained how it blooms so early and produces a real bouquet of flowers...and
she sent me this photo. I was hooked! Guess where it's a native of? Yup, the
species name says it all! About 60cms tall, and, in this form, blue and white
flowers. NEW for 2013 |
Aquilegia
sibirica |
~Auilegia ex viridiflora |
Olive and chocolate. Beautiful. Scented.
I love it.
Photos by Robert Höck
Sold out 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex viridiflora hybrid 1774 |
Rather unusual slatey-purple shades in this hybrid of viridiflora. Untried yet
from seed......
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Aquilegia vulgaris |
Our British native, from which all the cultivars
have been derived. Blue single flowers, seed originally from Chiltern Seeds.
SORRY...no seed 2013, BUT I have PLENTY of
seed collected from several blue flowered plants which may or may not be
true to the wild type. |
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Aquilegia 'Black Barlow' |
The blackest colour and the strangest flower.
Mystical. |
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Aquilegia 'Black Barlow' type with wiry
stem |
This
looks like ‘Black Barlow’, but the flower stem seemed thinner (yet strong).
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Aquilegia Black Barlow TYPES |
These
flowered like (or rather like) 'Black Barlow' but came as different parents...or
lost label parent. So expect some black Barlow offspring together with other
interesting sorts! |
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~Aquilegia 'Blue Barlow' |
Lovely spiky blue flowers. Collect the whole
Barlow range, they are such good value in the garden. |
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~Aquilegia ex 'Bluebird' |
‘Bluebird’ is one of the f1 songbird series, therefore will
not come true from seed. However, you should get some really lovely offspring.
‘Bluebird’ itself is short (8-12” / 20-35cms), and I found it rather difficult
to keep during its first winter, only a greenhouse plant made it in 2011-12.
New
for 2013
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Aquilegia
‘Blue Fountain’ |
A
marbled-bluey-purple double clematis-flowered form.
Introduced by Touchwood, and causes quite a stir, as no-one appears to
have seen anything quite like it. Sorry,
marbling doesn't show up in the picture!
Featured in my 'Six of the best Aquilegias' in Gardeners'
World
magasine, May 2007. |
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~Aquilegia 'Blue Star' or ex 'Blue Star' |
Long spurred blue and white.
If labelled ex 'Blue Star' the seed will have been collected from my 'Blue
Star' plants rather than via a wholesaler. |
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~Aquilegia 'Bordeaux Barlow' |
I do love these deep, dark colours.
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~Aquilegia 'Burnished Rose' |
Golden leaves and pink double flowers. Seeds & pic from Plant World.
New for 2013
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Aquilegia ex 'Chaffinch' |
.
'Chaffinch' is one of the f1 songbird series, therefore will not come true from
seed. However, you should get some really lovely offspring. ‘Chaffinch’ itself
is short (8-12” / 20-35cms), and was a slightly darker dark-pink than State
series 'Montana'.
New for 2013 |
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~Aquilegia
'Christa Barlow' |
A beautiful spiky pompom
sepaloid double, blue with whiter tips. |
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Aquilegia
Clementine Series
ex blue
|
Seed from the blue coloured form.
Sold
out 2013
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Aquilegia
Clementine Series
ex purple
|
New for 2013
Seed from the dark purple coloured form.
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'Crimson Star'
syn
'Rotstern' |
Crimson
and white bicoloured, large-flowered, long-spurred hybrid.Amazing in bloom! |
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'Double Rubies'
|
Seed & pic from Plant World.
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 'Elegance' |
Amazingly
elegant and graceful in growth, one of my favourites. Each flower perfectly
poised on a dark coloured stem.
Bred by Touchwood, and introduced in 2008
Gold leaf, with a 'black'
flower .... the 'William Guiness' colour. Offspring can be selected at seedling
stage for golden leaves. |

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Aquilegia ex 'Elegant Opal' |
Gold
leaf,
elegant white flower.
Bred at Touchwood
Introduced 2011.
Before now I have offered seed from some of the un-named new colour forms
that I have bred from 'Elegance' but now in 2011 I am naming them for the first
time. Do grow the whole elegant family in your border they look great growing
together!
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Aquilegia ex 'Elegant Moonstone' |

Gold leaf,
elegant marbled blue flower. Just like moonstone, some have more blue colouring
than others.
Bred
at Touchwood
Introduced in 2011.
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Aquilegia ex 'Elegant Ruby' |
Gold leaf, elegant ruby flower.
Bred at Touchwood Introduced 2011.
Have you guessed yet? yes I'm naming all these after gemstones... they are so
desirable, precious, and stylish ....and each has a gold setting! Why not
collect the full golden gemstone set?
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Aquilegia ex 'Elegant Ruby' |
Note:
in February 2011, the 1st publication of 'Elegant Ruby' was in the RHS' The
Garden Magazine. Included was the statement 'noticably long spurs'.
However that is incorrect, and I requested acknowledgement of the printed error.
For future reference, I also state it here.
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~Aquilegia ex
‘Firewheel’
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Stellata form in fiery red. Seeds & pic from Plantworld.
New for 2013
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Aquilegia ex
‘Flamboyant’
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Introduced
by Touchwood.
Scented pink and white double. My
original plant started as a ‘pink tatty’ flower,
second year was flamboyant pink-&-white longish spurred double, and third year
showed tripling and even 5-tiers in a flower. Featured
in 'Six of the best Aquilegias' in Gardeners' World
magazine, May 2007.
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~Aquilegia
ex 'Fragrant Fantasy' |
Seed & pic from Plant World. Let me quote what Ray Brown
says on their site~:A new and lovely range of columbines bred from some of
the most fragrant species in cultivation. The perfumed flowers come in all
shapes and sizes, from tight pom-poms to long-spurred singles and in a wide
variety of colours.
New for 2013
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Aquilegia
ex
'Golden Guiness' |
Woweeee!
Golden leaf
and (just about) black-and-white flowers.
New for 2013
Sold out 2013
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Aquilegia
ex
‘Green Apples’ |
Another
Barlow sort, introduced by Plant World. A white Barlow flower but the buds and
young flowers are a distinct green. I hope to have both this and 'White Barlow'
growing together in my collection. Why don't you do the same?
The seeds are very different, black compared to 'White Barlow's greeny
colour. |
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~'Heavenly Blue' 'Sky Blue'
'Blue Dream' |

Known by all three names. Deservedly popular. Sky-blue and white,
large-flowered, long-spurred hybrid. A clear sky blue.
RECOMMENDED |
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~'Aquilegia ex 'Iceberg' |
Bred and introduced by Plant World, a large, fragrant blue and white
(or blue and pale blue) aquilegia bred from the perfumed fragrans
species. Seed from Plant World New for 2013 |
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~'Koralle' |
Really
exciting, a red and yellow bicoloured, large-flowered, long-spurred hybrid.
Absolutely amazing, do grow it. MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED,
a real show-stopper.
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~ Aquilegia 'Leprechaun Gold' |

Variegated leaf and double violet flowers. Lovely deep red flower stems.
Photos by JELITTO New
for 2013 |
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'Lime Frost' |
With variegated leaves and double indigo flowers,
I'm unsure how this cultivar differs from 'Leprechaun Gold' or 'Woodside Blue'.
Do you know? |
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Aquilegia ex 'Maine' |
'Maine' is one of the f1 State series, therefore will not
come true from seed. However, you should get some really lovely offspring.
‘Maine’ itself is short (8-12” / 20-35cms), and a lovely pink and light
yellow/cream.
. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 'Maxi' syn 'Yellow
Star' |
A LARGE yellow
cultivar. The 2 flowers at the bottom of the photo are ‘Maxi’, the 2 at the top
are other chrysantha cultivars. The size difference IS real, although there’s
also perspective happening here to make the top ones look smaller.
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Aquilegia
ex ‘Mellow Yellow’ |
With
a yellow leaf, and single or double, milky-white flowers, this brightens up a
dull spot. |
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Aquilegia ex 'Montana' |
' Montana'
is one of the f1 State series, therefore will not come true from seed. However,
you should get some really lovely offspring. ‘Montana’ itself is short (8-12” /
20-35cms), and a slightly lighter dark-pink than 'Chaffinch'.
. New for 2013 |
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~Aquilegia
'Nora Barlow' |
Unusual sepaloid double where each 'petal'
shades from deep old-rose-pink through cream to the green tips. An old,
beautifully and regularly formed variety.
Can 'Nora Barlow' really be an aquilegia? |
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~Aquilegia 'Oranges and Lemons' |
Introduced by Plant World, a range of red, orange and yellow flowers over a
very long season indeed. Photo and seed from Plant World.
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex State Series 'Oregon' |

Seed from one of the amazing range in the State Series of knee-high, large
flowered, long spurred American hybrids. I understand that the State Series are
f1 hybrids, so what you will grow from these seeds WILL NOT BE ‘OREGON’. Having
warned you of that, hopefully you’ll get a good range of garden-worthy plants.
Sold out 2013 |
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~Aquilegia
‘Perfumed Garden’ |
Large, scented flowers. Photo and seed from Plant World.
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex ‘Red Hobbit’ |
Wonderful red-&-white long spurred aquilegia. Cheerful in the garden, and
attracts a lot of attention. |
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Aquilegia
ex ‘Red Star’ |
Understandably
a great favourite in the garden. Sold out 2013 |
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~Aquilegia
'Rose Barlow' |
A type of stellata form ... a Barlow shape
so it's a very spiky double pompom type in pink.
Featured in 'Six of the best Aquilegias' in Gardeners'
World
magasine, May 2007. |
Aquilegia
'Rose Barlow' |
~ Aquilegia 'Rose Queen' |

Lovely long spurred sort in pink and white.
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Aquilegia ex 'Skylark' |
'Skylark'' is one of the f1 Songbird series, therefore will
not come true from seed. However, you should get some really lovely offspring.
‘Skylark’ itself is short (8-12” / 20-35cms), and has an unusual shade of
purple-maroon set off with a white centre.
. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 'Snowballs' |
Lovely
white pom-pom flowers. Shorter plants.Introduced by Plant World. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex Spring Magic Pink & white |
Spring Magic is a magical range of dwarf (8-15")
aquilegias that have large, long spurred flowers held just above the foliage,
very lovely and well proportioned. The plant supplier called it rose and white,
but I disagree....it's a pastel pink rather than a darker rose pink. . Sold out 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex Spring Magic Rose & Ivory |
I love this colour combination, do you? Note in 2010: just as well I love
it as this year my new 'light red
and yellow' spring magic seedlings flowered...exactly the same shade.
Different seedhouses description for the same item. Ho humm. Still...they
did repeat flower...making them one of the earliest AND latest flowering
aquilegias in the garden! |
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Aquilegia ex Spring Magic Blue & white |
The most popular of the trio
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Aquilegia ex Spring Magic White |

Lovely.
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Aquilegia ex Spring Magic Yellow |
Wasn't I lucky to find these? Another Spring Magic winner!
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Aquilegia ex Spring Magic Mix ex 3 parents |
Photo captures them just about to burst into
flower: one of the earliest in the garden. These 3 plants are growing in one
large container. |
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Aquilegia ex 'Strawberry Icecream' |
Pink & white pleated double. Possibly the
aquilegia that really got me started on the hunt for more and more cultivars.
Introduced by Plant World. Seed from my 'best' plant will be used first, then
the other plant, which is still very good but not quite as perfect! 'Strawberry Icecream' was featured
in my 'Six of the best Aquilegias' in Gardeners' World
magasine, May 2007.
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia 'Sweet Dreams' |
Bred by Touchwood 2008 was the first year
of presentation of this 'new baby' of mine. I have the greatest of
pleasure in introducing this
most beautiful cultivar. 'Sweet Dreams' combines my finest pretty pastel pink stellata with the blessing of variegated leaves. The prettiness of the pastel
pink is conferred because it shades from old-rose pink through cream to green
tips. And yes, it DOES have a central raised area to the flower, which adds
greatly to its charm.
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Aquilegia
ex ‘Tower Light Blue’ |
Lovely
pale marbled blue double
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Aquilegia ex 'Virginia' |
'Virginia' is one of the f1 State series, therefore will
not come true from seed. However, you should get some really lovely offspring.
‘Virginia’ itself is short (8-12” / 20-35cms), in the always-a-winner
combination of blue & white.
. New for 2013 |
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~Aquilegia
‘White Barlow' |
The Barlow sorts are justifiably popular. The
dense spiky flowers show up well in the garden...and the paler the colour the
more outstanding it is...which makes this one very visible indeed and bound to
excite comment. But will people believe it's an aquilegia? |
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Aquilegia 'White Star'also known
as 'Kristall'
& 'Crystal Star' |
Long
spurred white: dreamy, creamy blooms.
Note, seedlings WILL have purpleyness to their stems, unlike vulgaris whites and
the other white long-spurred type that I offer.
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Aquilegia
ex ‘William Guiness’
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Aquilegia
'William Guiness', also known as ‘Magpie’, such a perfectly fitting name for the
(just about) black-and-white flowers. This is justifiably many people's
favourite aquilegia. Do grow it if you don't already.
Featured in my 'Six of the best Aquilegias' in Gardeners'
World
magasine, May 2007. |
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Aquilegia
ex ‘William Guiness’ doubles |
Just in case you already have the single……here’s the double version.
Just wait ‘til your friends see! ....and have you seen the golden leafed
version: 'Golden Guiness' double forms? Last years' seeds,
so double-sized packets. |
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Aquilegia Winky ex pale pink |
Epecially bred to cheerily look up at you! Shorter plants about 12-20" high. A
bed of these looks fantastic....I think it's the closest to 'bedding' with
aquilegias that you can get! Though of course you don't need to use them like
that....just in the normal way or about 3 in a large pot looks great.
Last years' seeds so double-sized packets |
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Aquilegia Winky type ex purple |
Upward facing blooms. Last years' seeds so
double-sized packets |
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Aquilegia Winky type ex white |
Upward facing blooms. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia Winky ex red & white |
Upward facing blooms.
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Aquilegia Winky type ex
indigo & white |
Blue with white is
ALWAYS a winner! Upward facing blooms. sorry no pic
New for 2013
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Aquilegia Winky ex red & white double |
Upward facing? Of course!
New for 2013 |
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~Aquilegia 'Woodside White' |
Double white flowers, variegated leaves. Cool and
lovely.
Photo from Plant World. I have a few seeds for 2013 from
an untried source. Interested? |
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Aquilegia 'Woodside Blue' |

Double indigo
flowers over variegated foliage.
There are new cultivars out called 'Leprechaun's Gold'
and 'Lime Frost', which has the same description. Does anyone know if they
are the same or otherwise how they differ? I can't find much difference,
can you? |

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Looking for even more inspiration?
Robert Hock's Aquilegia video on YouTube shows many named forms, visit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyXAtj6hdwM and enjoy the show!
Described forms,
all seeds are £2 a packet, cheaper for 6 packets or more
This list starts with singles, long spurreds, then
doubles, 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
white flower
usual 3' or
choose 2' |
A single white, ever popular. Select s eedlings
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.
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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
short plantsAll are 12-24"
choose ex 1119
ex 1762
or ex 1324
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ex 1119 was from 'short almost bell-shaped white' Poss flabellata type
ex
1762
18" tall
was from a lost label so parentage therefore unknown
NEW FOR 2013
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ex 1324 short white is shortest, dwarf sized ex kuhistanica
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex delicate white single |
Whites
always show up so well in the garden shortish: 20-30" high,
these are particularly delicate white singles
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex white single MIX including unusuals |
Collected
from various white-flowered plants including those with a hint of cream or pink
(right) to them
New for 2013 |
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ex slender white |
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!
The photo here compares it with the 'normal' white vulgaris flower: which is
whiter, shorter and wider.
Few seeds. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS? If so please let me
know. |
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Aquilegia
ex1513 Creamy single |
Creamy
flowers, mid-sized with a scent. This is a hybrid, so don’t know what the
offspring will be like.
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Aquilegia
Ex 1505
Creamy single
|
Creamy
flowers. This is a hybrid, so don’t know what the offspring will be like.
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.
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Aquilegia
Ex
1970 yellow single |
From a pinky-orange & yellow double came this charming, nodding yellow single.
Love it!
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia
Ex
1506 Blushed yellow single |
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. |
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Aquilegia ex 324 white flushed pink |
Drat, no pic. Starts white then develops a delicate pink flush |
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Aquilegia ex 1450 off-white |
Pinky,
off-white single.
Sold out 2013..well I can't find the seeds!
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Aquilegia ex 1170
Lightest marbled red. |
Largish flowers on this plant of a rare lightest marbled red. 'marbled' is how I
describe reds and blues that are blended with white to give a colour that is
different to eg lightest pink.As white is blended with the colour you can
select at seedling stage: look for no purpleyness to the leaf stem.
OOPS in 2013 it had mainly DOUBLE flowers!! after 2 years
as a single flowered plant!
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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?
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Aquilegia
Palest pink single |
Shows up really well.
A delicate beauty |
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Aquilegia
Light pink single |
Quiet charm, that lights up the garden. |
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Aquilegia
pink single |

Good sugar-pink colour. |
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Aquilegia
ex1511
delicately held
pink single |
Nice dark stem, ex A nigricans New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex1867
Tall 2-tone pink |
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. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex1897 2-tone pink |

Largish flowers on this atrata x coerulea hybrid, ..
and some were doubles New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia
dark pink
single |
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Aquilegia
ruby single |
Good ruby (crimson) colour. |
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Aquilegia
ex 1277
unusual red |
Slightly curly petals & sepals that only open as wide as the photo shows. A
seedling from 'Flamboyant'!
New for 2013
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ex 613 |
Reddy, spreading petals. That
incredible colour as well as the wide spread of the open inner petals makes this
a 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.
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ex 1551 Light-edged, reddy spreading |

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.....
New for 2013 |
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ex 1806 Ice-blue-grey single |
One of the marbled blue shades that I so love, here in
ice-blue with a grey tone (probably a purpley cast to it).
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex1293 2-tone marbled blue single |
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!
Last year’s seeds, so double-sized packets. |
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Aquilegia ex
1442 light marbled purple single
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Definitely desirable!
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Aquilegia ex
1760 pale marbled blue single
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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.
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex
1246 marbled blue variable
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A
real show-stopper. Joyful & lovely. Most flowers are single, but with a
smattering of doubles to add even more interest.
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Aquilegia ex 1788 blue-purple thin blades |
I love those very unusual long thin blades (the part of the
petal that is lowest on this photo, the ‘inner circle’ as seen from below.
Seedling from 999 which also has long thin blades but is
nearly black in colour with a white edge.
New
for 2013 |
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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?
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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.
New for 2013
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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.
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Aquilegia ex 1146 good blue single |
This plant has a really good blue colour to the flowers (not really apparent on
the photo...sorry).
Last year’s seeds, so double-sized packets.
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Aquilegia ex
859 scented 2-tone blue
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Came from fragrans seed. |
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Aquilegia ex 678 |

2-tone blue lightly
scented
Strong and floriferous plant.
Last year’s seeds, so double-sized packets.
Sold out 2013
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Aquilegia indigo singles |
Nice dark blues. |
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Aquilegia ex 1827 tall indigo, lighter inside |
Hmm,
looks purple on the photo, oh well! Expect very variable offspring as this is a
deliberate cross of yellow-leaved 'Elegance' with
an unknown pollen parent....unknown because the label became unreadable! There’s
definitely a yellow hue inside the flowers, so I expect that the cross was with
some type of flower with yellow in it. Some flowers were double....don’t know if
that will be continued. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1625 large indigo single |
Hmm, again looks purple on the photo. These are large
flowers on a shorter plant 18" / 50cms. Goodness knows what the offspring will
be like as this is a hybrid of buergeriana x vulgaris from Austria!
New for 2013
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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!
New for 2013
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Aquilegia ex 2060 large indigo-purple single |
Brother to the above, hese 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!New
for 2013
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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!
The 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. New for
2013
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Aquilegia
Purple single |

Richly coloured flowers. |
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Aquilegia
Purple pinched petals single |

Open flowers, with an interesting pinch to the petals ex A
glandulosa New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex 1994 black, lighter inside |
Interesting seedling, supposedly
from
A. buergeriana!
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex 1773 short black single
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Another strange one, supposedly from A colchica,
which Nold's monograph says should be blue & white.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex 1679-80 black single
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Seedlings
of A. ‘Ballerina’ all came out exactly the same....but as a black single rather
than a pink double. I strongly suspect
this was wrongly-labelled seeds. If I’m wrong you may get pink doubles amongst
your seedlings. Strong & floriferous.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex 954 black single
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Such gorgeous contrast
of the yellow anthers against the near-black petals. Ex Aquilegia 'Miss M
I Huish', a 'Black Barlow type.'
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Aquilegia
ex 1158 black single
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Single black flowers.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex 1201
Black single
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Black single. Ya-wow!
Sold out 2013 |
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Now we move
onto the Touchwood range of seeds from
BICOLOURED SINGLES.
Firstly the
vulgaris-types then the long-spurred ones.
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Aquilegia
1071 hint of a tint of pink, and white |
Palest, palest pink in the sepals, with green tips. White petals. |
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Aquilegia
ex 1796
lilac pink & creamy single
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Rather
taller than usual, at 3.5’ / or just over a metre high, this has longish
straight spurs. A strong and long-flowering plant.
As this is a seedling from 955 (creamy yellow single) so offspring will
be variable.
New for 2013
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Aquilegia
ex 1297
marbled blue and white.
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Pale marbled blue and white.
Last year’s seeds, so double-sized packets.
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Aquilegia
ex 188 lilac & white
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Not only a most beautiful lilac and white, but very early,
and scented too!
Last
year’s seeds, so double-sized packets.
Sold out 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex 1326
dwarf blue & white
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This dwarf
blue and white single came from purported A kuhistanica seeds
....but that species is unlikely to actually exist. This is pretty though, isn't
it? New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex 1771
blue and white |
From seed that I had labelled A colchica, this is certainly the correct colour
and has the strongly hooked spurs. However the blades are not truncate and I
have no idea if this actually resemblesA colchica, especially as sister
seedlings were very different. New for 2013 and well
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Aquilegia
ex 1212
small blue and white |
Although
most flowers are single, and produced over a very long season, this small
blue and white started out with double flowers with a distinct yellow glow to
the white. Tall, a good 4’ 130cms, and floriferous yet setting very few seeds
indeed. Expect variable seedlings. New for 2013
Sold out 2013
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Aquilegia
ex
1383 large indigo-blue & white
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Most
amazing hybrid (it came from a lemon pink long-spurred!). It just flowered and
flowered for about 10 weeks (2010) at about 3.5-4’ tall (1-1.2m). Early flowers
had deformed spurs (bumbles?) but later showed the beautiful long curled spurs
that adorn this plant. What on earth will offspring be like? Let’s find out!
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Aquilegia
ex
1876 large indigo & white
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Possibly a self-sown seedling of the above plant, 1383, but darker
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex 534
large indigo & white
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Fairly late flowering is this large indigo and
white
scented
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Aquilegia ex 1677 large indigo & white |
Indigo & white, large flower, the mother plant was 821, a
double. NEW for 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex 1908 blue & creamy hybrid
longer spur
|

An exciting hybrid of Aa.‘Elegance’
x chrysantha so expect very variable
offspring including golden leaved ones. Some flowers were double, and you can
see the yellow influence of the chrysantha genes in the colour as the buds open.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex 2120 blue & creamy hybrid
longer spur
|
Another exciting hybrid this time of Aa.‘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.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex 1974 large indigo-purple & white hybrid single
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An interesting hybrid of a huge blue & white double with a ruby & white
long-spurred cultivar. Offspring will therefore vary.
NEW FOR 2013
Sold out 2013
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Aquilegia
ex 1880 purple-indigo & white single
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Lovely spurs.
Chance seedling from my slender white single. Offspring will vary.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex 1542 white-edged indigo single
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A seedling from 999, a white-edged black, like 1673 below.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex 1470purple & white
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Isn’t that lovely?
It has quite spreading blades, and came from 1000, purple striped with an open
centre.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex 884 deep purple & white
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Well-coloured single.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia ex 2059 black & white single |
From a red & white stripy parent came this black and white single
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia ex 1864 black & white single |

From the same red & white stripy parent also came this black and white
single....with some double flowers.
NEW FOR 2013
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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?
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia ex 1673 white-edged black long blades. |
Deep purple-black with a white trim.
Look at those long blades (the inner ring that hangs down). From 999, which is
very similar.
NEW FOR 2013
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AQUILEGIA TOUCHWOOD HARMONY MIX
yellow bicoloured mix from 6 parents
New for 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.
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Aquilegia
ex
1507
2-tone yellow
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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!
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Aquilegia ex
1907 pink & creamy single |
I
lost the label, but this is possibly an
‘Elegance' x chrysantha
hybrid
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia ex
1828 dark pink, lighter inside single |
Another
exciting hybrid this time of Aa.‘Elegance’
x ? ...where ? means I couldn’t read
the writing at harvest-time! Again,
expect very variable offspring including golden leaved ones.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia ex
1656 pink & yellow single |
This came from
a red & yellow double.
Offspring may give exciting surprises!
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia ex
904 pink & yellow single |
Seedling
from 'Perfumed Garden' mix
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia ex
1757 small orange & yellow single |
Small
flowers in orange and yellow.
From a blushed yellow double.
NEW
FOR 2013
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Aquilegia ex
1739 large dark pink & yellow single |
Large
flowers in pink and yellow.
From a pink & yellow double.
NEW
FOR 2013
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Aquilegia ex
1232 dark pink & yellow |
This dark pink single has yellow inside the rim, on a plant growing to about
15-24” tall (50-65cms)
A hybrid, so offspring likely to be very variable.
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Aquilegia
ex 1723 red and creamy, largish
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Creamy yellow centre on this unusual bicolour,
from a blushed yellow double..
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
1655 maroon & yellow single
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The maroon colour is ‘sludgier’ on the outside, I love it!
From a red & yellow double
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
1435 faded lilac & yellowy single
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One
of the most beautiful aquilegias I have seen. Subtle colouring, lovely form,
and just
a little larger than a vulgaris bloom. Lightly scented.
A chance seedling from longissima (which may have been another yellow
species, it usually is!). VERY few seeds are set either naturally or when I
cross-pollinated or selfed it....most crosses failed or offered few seeds.
NEW FOR 2013
Sold out 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
1578 purple & yellow single
|
Very desirable colours, will it pass these onto its offspring? Parent plants
were 821(blue and creamy white double) x 835(pink & yellow double). I tried
crossing this plant with 3 different others (including itself), and all failed,
luckily there’s some open-pollinated seed available.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
1725 dark with yellow inside single
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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.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex 1744 large indigo-purple & creamy single
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From a
large purple & white double. Pic lhs shows 1744 vs an indigo coloured sepal.
Another seedling, like the above, of ‘Elegance’ x ?...yes the cross-pollination
label faded before harvest so only the mother parent was known.NEW FOR 2013
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NEW |
HYBRIDS from TOUCHWOOD
I’ve
had great fun with hybridising in 2011 and seeing the results this year, 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.
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NEW FOR 2013
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.
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Aquilegia
ex TOUCHWOOD HYBRID A
Pink & creamy long-spurred
2-2.5'
NEW FOR 2013
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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.
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Aquilegia
ex
TOUCHWOOD HYBRID B
2-3'
Red & creamy yellow long-spurred
NEW FOR 2013
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HYBRID
B is
Aquilegia chrysantha x
a “red
& white long spurred”
Very
little variation between plants, see the photo top left of 2 flowers, each from
a different plant.
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Aquilegia
ex HYBRID C
3' 1m
Red & yellow long-spurred
NEW FOR 2013
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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 as the
A chrysantha genes

HYBRID
C Aquilegia chrysantha x a “red &
yellow species type”
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.
come
into play.
NEW FOR 2013
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Long spurred hybrids
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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.
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Aquilegia
ex 1657 large white not quite a long-spurred
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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! It was supposed to be
‘silver Queen’ a white long-spurred sort but evidently a hybrid as not really
long spurred, but still 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.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex creamy-white long-spurred
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I have seed from several of these plants.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex
2055 nodding cream & creamy-white long-spurred
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A cross of buergeriana and chrysantha,
so expect surprise offspring!
NEW FOR 2013 Sold
out 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
2117 2-tone creamy long-spurred
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Slightly blushed, is this Harbutt’s hybrid.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
2069 white & light yellow long-spurred
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From a cream & white long-spurred, this has more yellow tint.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex salmon long-spurred
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Love the colour on this long-spurred.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex1812 pink & white long-spurred
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From a red & white long-spurred.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex red & cream long-spurred
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NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex 2010 dark pink & creamy long-spurred
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NEW FOR 2013 Mother plant was a red
&
yellow double. |
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Aquilegia
ex 1046
Dark pink and cream long-spurred
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Dark pink and cream long-spurred.
Last year’s seeds, so double-sized packets
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Aquilegia
ex 1008
dark blue and white long-spurred
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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. |
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Aquilegia
ex 1909
purple and white long-spurred
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New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
1466 purple & creamy white long-spurred
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NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex
1496 2-tone smallish yellow long-spurred
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Rather
nice flowers, came from a yellow double so offspring may offer some good
surprises.
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Aquilegia
ex
2091 yellow mid-sized long-spurred
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Good yellow colour.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex
1826 nodding 2-tone yellow long-spurred
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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.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex
2003 yellow mid-sized long-spurred
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A flavescens seedling
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex
1356 2-tone yellow long-spurred
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NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex
1992 blushed yellow mid-sized long-spurred
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Chrysantha x blushed yellow double.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex
1559 blushed yellow smallish long-spurred
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NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex
1996 blushed yellow long-spurred
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A flavescens seedling
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex
1658 blushed yellow long-spurred
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Seedling from a double in these colours.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex 1065
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Yellow
long spurred with blushed sepals. Wow...this this was a floriferous winner this
year (2010) with a strong yet delicate presence over a long period.
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Pic also shows the double 1061 which has similar colouring.
Last year’s seeds, so double-sized packets
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Aquilegia
ex
1676 dark pink & yellow long-spurred
|
Fairly short, this hybrid is a seedling of the cross
buergeriana x vulgaris made by Robert
Hock
NEW FOR 2013
Sold out 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
1859 deep pink & yellow long-spurred
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A McKana hybrid
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex
2116 dark pink & yellow long-spurred
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A Harbutt's hybrid
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex
1737 dark pink & yellow long-spurred
|
Fairly short, 15" / 40cms this is a seedling of an orange &
yellow double.
Rather like a Spring Magic plant.
NEW
FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex
1738 dark pink & yellow long-spurred
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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.
NEW
FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex
2011 orange & yellow mid-sized, nodding long-spurred
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Seedling from a red & yellow double.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
2044
orangy-red & yellow mid-sized long-spurred
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Hybrid seedling from cross-pollination of
A. chrysantha x a blushed yellow
double . 2.5' 80-90cms
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
2042
orangy-red & yellow mid-sized long-spurred
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Sister
to the above, but taller at 3.5’ 100-120cms...the photo lhs shows them both
growing together. 1633 is the special blue & white double behind them.
Hybrid seedling from cross-pollination of
A. chrysantha x a blushed yellow
double .
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex
1341 orangey-red & yellow long spurred
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Aquilegia
ex
1825 red & yellow long-spurred
|
A
seedling from A. hinckleyana,
I love this, especially looking at the flowers from behind, and the buds
before they open.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex
1995 rose & yellow long spurred
|
NEW FOR 2013
Seedling from (supposedly) A. flavescens. |
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Aquilegia
ex
1220 red & yellow long spurred
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NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
1824 short red & light yellow long spurred
|
NEW FOR 2013
Seedling from A buergeriana!
About 10” tall / 25cms, and with red-tinged leaves. |
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Aquilegia
ex
1675 short red & yellow long spurred
|
NEW FOR 2013
Seedling from a red & yellow double, very similar looking to Spring Magic rose &
ivory, but this one is a little darker in colour. |
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Aquilegia
ex
1672 short red & yellow long spurred
|
NEW FOR 2013
Sister to the above. Seedling from a red & yellow double. |
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Aquilegia ex
1832 light slaty purple & yellow long-spurred |
Great colouring.....seedling from a red & yellow
long-spurred
NEW for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex
1831 slatey maroon & yellow long-spurred |
Sister to the above ...seedling from a red & yellow long-spurred
NEW for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex
1529 purple & yellow long-spurred |
Sister to the above two ...seedling from a red & yellow
long-spurred
NEW for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex
1665 burnished shades long-spurred |
Great colouring.....
Seedling from a crimson & white long-spurred.
NEW for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex
1651 burgundy & yellow long-spurred |
NEW for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex
1742
burgundy & yellow long-spurred |

Seedling from a similarly coloured long-spurred parent.
NEW for 2013 |
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~ AQUILEGIA
LONG-SPURRED MIX
(from 35
mother plants) |
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. |
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Aquilegia
Touchwood PHARAOH'S TREASURE MIX
yellows mix from 17 parents
New for 2013 |
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.
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Now let's look at seed collected from my many and varied
DOUBLE
FORMS
Then stellata (clematis-flowered) forms, then variegated and golden leaved
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Aquilegia
ex 1148 short
white double
|
Upward facing flowers. NEW for 2013
Whites of all sorts show up really well in the garden.
Don’t forget, you can select white A.
vulgaris seedlings as soon as they germinate, they have no purple in the
leaf stem.
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Aquilegia
ex 1441 white pleated double
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Beautiful, and so easy to place in the garden.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex2075 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.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex 1641 white
pleated double
|

Supposedly a seedling from 835 (pink & yellow
double) selfed!
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex1453 white full double
|

Do you like these full, pompom-like doubles? Whatever
happened to the old art of making wool pompoms to adorn bobble-hats? I guess
people rarely knit their own hats now, they and the pompoms are machine-made.
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Aquilegia
ex
1983
white pompom double
|
Oops,
just found out that I have no photo of this, the pic given will be a similar
sort.
NEW
FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
1881 white variable double
|

A
chance seedling from my slender white single, this has longer spurs but very
variable and unusual shape. Worth a go to find out what type of offspring will
result.
NEW
FOR 2013 |
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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. |
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Aquilegia
ex
1248 short creamy white double
|
A hint of lilac,
and it is
scented. New
for 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
2056 large creamy white double
|
A
seedling from buergeriana x
chrysantha, from an Austrian friend. Goodness knows where the doubling came
from!
. New for 2013
Sold out 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
1244 off-white spiky double
|
Love this hybrid from my amazing red & yellow variable crossed by a marbled blue
double . New for 2013 Sold out 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
1497 hint of a tint of pink double
|
The spiky pompoms of
A. vulgaris stellata in their double
Barlow form are always intriguing additions to your garden. Especially this one,
it’s not a colour you’re likely to find elsewhere.
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Aquilegia
ex 774
Hint of a tint of pink full double
|

Hint of a tint of pink full double
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Aquilegia
ex
1615 colour-washed, warm white double
|
A
seedling from a pink & yellow double,
this has colour-washed spurs, very pretty.
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
491 Hint of a tint of pink full double
|
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’).
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
1714 Hint of a tint of pink pleated double
|
From
one described as ‘creamy yellow’ came this striking pleated double. I grew
several and others were similar but more 2-tone, they are listed below in
bicolours. Hopefully you, too, should get a good proportion (or all) similar
ones. 2-tone colour, just creamy from the 'bottom/front' view Note the plant
stems have little or no purple in them.
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex1120
Short,
light pink double
|
Strong,
short,
light pink double
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Aquilegia
ex1363
pink, with hint of apricot, small double
|
Expect
surprises as the parent plant was an A. ecalcarata!
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex 743
Light pink pleated
|
Light pink pleated double.
Last
year’s seeds, so double-sized packets.
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Aquilegia ex1637
pink double |
Has
nice red stems. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex1719 pink
full double |
A sparkling addition to your collection. New for
2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex 1154 pink pleated double
|
Very special. The flowering performance of this plant is unsurpassed in my
garden. Starts early, the first double to flower usually, alongside the ‘Spring
Magic’ range, and gives its outstandingly spectacular performance for weeks.
Parentage? Unknown as self-sown!

Last
year’s seeds, so double-sized packets.
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Aquilegia
ex 1264
Pink variable
|
Pink
variable: most flowers are frilly doubles
but some are singles or stellatas
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Aquilegia
ex1263 pink pleated double
|
Pink pleated double
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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.
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Aquilegia
ex 1914 2-tone pink double |
Another exciting hybrid this time of Aa.‘Elegance’
x ? ...where ? means I couldn’t read the writing at harvest-time!
Looks like there's yellow genes in there somewhere.... Expect very variable offspring including golden leaved ones.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex 1233 pink pompom double |

Gorgeous!
NEW FOR 2013 Sold out 2013
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Aquilegia
ex pink pompom double |
Note
the white-green stem, this is a marbled pink, some selection can be made as soon
as they germinate (don’t waste the other seedlings though!). These marbled
colours have white mixed in with the base colour to give unusual shades.
NEW FOR 2013
Sold out 2013
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Aquilegia ex 1915 pink & white stripy
open |
Delicate colours, seedling from 613 hence the open petals.
NEW FOR 2013 Sold
out 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex pink stellata-type double |
Slightly doubled type of stellata.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex spiky pink double |
Like
a pink feather duster!
NEW FOR 2013
Sold out 2013
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Aquilegia
ex 1632 large pink stellata-type double |

From an
apricot-pink & yellow double came this one that evidently has stellata in its
genes! LARGE flower, big impact. White stripes with the pink.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex darkish pink double |
Sorry
about the battered flower. We had gales.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex 1385 dark pink Barlow type |
Isn’t that captivating? Should come fairly true from seed.
Sold out 2013
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Aquilegia ex Ruby doubles |
Ruby doubles, from several plants.
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Aquilegia ex 869 small crimson double |
Later
flowers are small singles, very delicate. A seedling from my amazing red &
yellow double.
New for 2013
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Aquilegia ex 1877 ruby double |
Very
different. Longer spurs, this was from a pink double that also had the longer
spurs.
New for 2013
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Aquilegia
ex 1116 lilac double
|
Extraordinary colour, lighter inside.
Scented. New for 2013
Sold out 2013
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Aquilegia
ex 905 lilac double
|
New for 2013
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Aquilegia ex 900a |
Tall light blue double. 2010 I saw that my tallest plant in the border was
this...and yet the label said '900 SHORT lilac stellata' Oops...looks like there
were 2 seedlings and this flowered this year and almost took over the border
with its height and floriferousness. Or should that be floriferocity? |
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Aquilegia ex 1597 tiniest hint of blue
pleated
double |
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. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1518 light marbled blue variable
double |
Light marbled blue variable double.
The photo shows some of the variation: a sort of stellata
form.
Last
year’s seeds, so double-sized packets.
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Aquilegia ex 479 light marbled blue double |
Light marbled blue double.
New for 2013
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Aquilegia ex 948 Barlow type of marbled blue
double
|
Marbled blue full double with green sepals
NEW
FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1684 Barlow type of marbled blue
double
|
Son of the above
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1965 marbled blue
double
|
Seedling from my slender white single.
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1782 marbled blue
double
|
Came as 'tower Light Blue' but this
is a darker shade than all its siblings.
New for 2013 |
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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.
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Aquilegia ex 1735 ?denim blue double |
This
colour I usually describe as ‘denim’ because the dark blue is mixed with white.
Yet on this one it has NOT got a white-green stem but one with purple in,
despite the greeny sepals. Mother plant was described to me as a ‘lilac & white
pleated double’.
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex
742 good blue double
|
A particularly good shade of blue, very vibrant and
extremely floriferous.

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Aquilegia ex
1804 good blue pleated double
|
A good shade of blue, strong self-sown plant.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia ex
1634 2-tone blue frilly double
|
Well scented, from a similar
parent. 2' / 60-70cms
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia ex
blue pompom
|
NEW
FOR 2013
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Aquilegia ex
1417 indigo double
|
Sorry, pic looks purple!
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia ex
1499 indigo pompom double
|
Bound to be popular!
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia ex
1789 indigo pompom double
|
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!
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia ex
761 purply-blue pleated double
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NEW
FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex 1504 purple double |
Good purple colour in the popular pleated double form.
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Aquilegia ex1866 dark purple full double |
Large flowers on a shorter plant, from a double, dark crimson flower that had
yellow inside.
New for 2013
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Aquilegia ex 1743 2-tone purple double |
Good purple colour and some scent. Yes, the flower
looks single.... New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1791 2-tone purple pompom |
Has
some scent. Came from a similar mother plant.
New for 2013
Sold
out 2013
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Aquilegia ex 1250 black double |
Hmmm...
This started out as a bell-shaped single...when I took the photo, then
later flowers were doubles, but I took no photo, sorry! Goodness knows what they
were like...I don’t remember.
New for 2013
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Aquilegia ex
791 black double |
All
these flowers that I call ‘black’ are actually the closest to black that you can
get in an aquilegia. There are some variations in colour depth between different
plants, but usually the photos show more variation than is actually there as it
depends on conditions and environment when the photo was taken. The ‘black’ is
usually deepest crimson (like the colour in ‘William Guiness’ but sometimes it
seems to me that its deepest indigo.
New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
956 black feather duster
|
Small flowers and rather different, like an elongated spiky
Barlow and definitely feather-duster-like in shape.
Last
year’s seeds, so double-sized packets.
Sold out 2013
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Aquilegia ex 616 black double |
Rich deep burgundy/black double
Last
year’s seeds, so double-sized packets.
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Aquilegia
ex 13 black double. |

Great
combination, black Aquilegia No 13 with white flowers of Sweet Cicely (seed also
available, see my general seedlist).
NEW FOR 2013
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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!
NEW FOR 2013
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The list starts pinks, reds then blues, purples to black. |
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. |
Aquilegia ex 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'. 1754 is lhs and
1756 rhs pic.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia ex 1999 pale pink & creamy hybrid,
becoming double |
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.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1630 pale pink & white hybrid, double |
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.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1640 pale pink & white double |
Seedling from a pink & yellow double, selfed.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1837 pale pink & white pleated
double |
A
seedling from ‘Strawberry Icecream’ that is a lighter pink.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1378 late pink & white double |
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.
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Aquilegia ex 1945 pink & white
pleated double |
Seedling from aquilegia 'Flamboyant'
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1985 pink & white full double |

From a
ruby & creamy yellow double came this showstopper!
See sister, below.
.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1624 pink & white pleated double |
Sister to the above and looks far better than the photo
shows!
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1984 pink & white double |
Part of my breeding programme, came 835 (pink & yellow
double) selfed. You can see the creaminess to the 'white', and there's longer
spurs.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1753 pink & white full double |
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1631 pink & white double |
Perhaps
more of a 2-tone pink, it starts quite creamy. This is a hybrid seedling of
‘Elegant Ruby’ x a pink & yellow double, so expect interesting offspring
including golden leaved ones.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1720 pink & creamy white small double |
Goodness knows the parent plant...I rescued this from my
sales table because I couldn't bear to part with it!
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 875 pink & white stripy double |
Pink
and white spiky quilled striped double. New for
2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1223 stripy pink
and white double |

Loose stripy pink and white stellata-ish
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Aquilegia ex 1329 pink &
white stripy loose stellata
|
Voluptuous variable variety, very valuable!
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Aquilegia ex 1875 pink & white stripy double |
Oh dear no photo, anyway ex 'Devon Sunshine', a pink &
yellow double from Plant World.
NEW FOR 2013 |
Well worth sowing even though there's no photo! |
Aquilegia ex 1623 ruby & white pleated double |
From a ruby & creamy double.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1622 ruby & white pleated double |
Sister to the above, from a ruby & creamy double.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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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!
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia ex 1642 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!
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 New for 2013
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Aquilegia ex 1816 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. New for 2013
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Aquilegia ex
2006 deepest ruby, creamy inside double
|
From
an apricot pink & yellow double.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex
1459 crimson & white double
|
Crimson & white double.
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Aquilegia ex 1259 Crimson & white double |
Crimson & white double.
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Aquilegia
ex 1790 ruby & white full double |
Exceptional, and upward facing.
From
ruby and creamy double.
New for
2013
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Aquilegia
ex 1161 red & white striped tattydouble |
Large, somewhat variable
flowers, a seedling from’Flamboyant’.
NEW FOR 2013
Sold out 2013 |
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Aquilegia 330 ruby & white
Barlowish
|
Complete
with stripes!
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Aquilegia ex
Red & white stripy double
|
Enthralling. |
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Aquilegia ex 1700 large blue and white double.
|
Large blue and white double.
From a
large blue & white double x red & white long-spurred, so expect surprises from
these seeds!.
NEW for 2013 |
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ex 1457 Blue and white double |
Blue and white double.
Seedling from ‘Flamboyant’, so expect varied offspring.
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Aquilegia ex 558 large blue and white frilly double.
|
Large ...
Look at
the size compared to my hand!
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1801 blue and white double.
|
Self-sown!. NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia ex
1777 large blue & white double |
These
HUGE blooms started double then became single. Great buds!
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex 1766 large blue and white stripy double.
|
From a
friend’s similarly blue striped plant.
NEW FOR 2013
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ex 821 indigo and white full double. |
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!
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ex 1633 Blue and white double |
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 NEW for 2013
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Aquilegia
ex 1863 indigo
and white full double |
Seedling from
821
(indigo & creamy double) x a pink & yellow double, so expect varied offspring.
Sister
to the above. Both these look very like their mother plant, I expect more of the
fathers pink & yellow genes will be apparent in the next generation.
NEW for 2013
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Aquilegia ex
1818 indigo & white double longer blades |
Indigo and white double from my slender white single. Very
different and exciting.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex
1149
Indigo & white frilly double |
Doesn’t
look very double here, sorry it’s a poor flower. It is
scented.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex
1509 indigo & white double |
Indigo and white double,
ex 'Flamboyance'!
Slightly variable, a pleated double that may give stripy flowers.
.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex
1618 Indigo & white double |
From a pompom form.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex
1636
indigo & white double |
From a
red & white double....let’s hope for exciting variation from this one!
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia ex
1230 & 1843 Indigo & white full double |
1230
& 1843
are both seedlings from supposedly ‘Adelaide Addison’, and the first flowers
certainly looked like that wonderful cultivar (left). However later flowers were
very full doubles (right) which I don’t think is correct. Does anyone know?
NEW FOR 2013 |
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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.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia
ex
1741 large indigo-purple & white double |
Huge,
open double flowers. From a large blue & white double x red & white
long-spurred, so expect surprises from these seeds!
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
Ex
889
unusual purple-blue & white double |
Surprise seedling from a cream & apricot, and it’s
scented.
NEW FOR 2013
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Aquilegia ex
1030 purple & white double
|

A sort-of Barlow flower, which always
attracts a lot of attention
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Aquilegia ex
1654 purple & creamy double |
From a delicate black & white double.
NEW
FOR 2013
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Aquilegia ex
1599 purple-black double |
Now
THIS is special. A hybrid of ‘William Guiness’ double x A.
ecalcarata (it gets that lovely
curved flower stem from the later). The colour is slightly more purple than the
black of ‘William Guiness’. It will be interesting to see the varied f2
offspring.
NEW
FOR 2013
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Aquilegia ex
black, lighter inside, becoming double |

From an
apricot pink & yellow double came this surprise seedling. Early flowers were
single, I’ve included a photo so you can see the lighter colour inside. May give
very exciting offspring!
NEW
FOR 2013
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Aquilegia ex
998 whiter-edged purple-black double |

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Aquilegia ex
1179 delicate black & white double |
From a
large lilac & white double.
NEW
FOR 2013
|
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Aquilegia
ex 1005 black & white double |
Varying
from black & white to white-edged black ,double. |
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Aquilegia
ex 1181 black & white double |
Sometimes stripy. New for 2013 |
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Aquilegia
|
Now let's look at the
stellata
or star forms.
Also
known as clematis-flowered.
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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!!! |
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Aquilegia
ex 2054 white stellata-variable |

Not
always a stellata form, see the spurs
on the photo. Lost the label so I don’t know the parent plant!
NEW FOR 2013 |
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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. |
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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.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
1740
pink variable clematis flowered |
From 'Flamboyant'
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
1687
stellata creamy pink |
Very special.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
1674 ruby stellata |
From
999, an unusual white-edged flower with long drooping blades.
NEW
FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
962 small ruby clematis-flowered type |

Not
really a stellata form, see the spurs
on the photo. But this fits in best here rather than elsewhere. I like using the
term ‘clematis-flowered because these look like some sorts of clematis rather
than the huge wise hybrids! Small
flowers.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
1315 ruby stellata |
Love
that curved flower stem!
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
1255 unusual crimson becoming stellata |
Dark
colour, variable flowers, came from a ‘wine stellata’, so I assume it’s come
‘true’, or close to it.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
2019 ruby stellata |
From a
creamy pink stellata, like 1687
.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
671 stellata light marbled blue |
Very special.
Stellatas
usually come true from seed, as there are no spurs and that means no nectar and
so no bees to cross-pollinate.
NEW
FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
1620 white-edged stellata variable |
Rather
variable flowers, and I love the white edges.
From a similar parent plant.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
1787stellata
blue, possibly variable |
Seedling from 613
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
2061 stellata indigo |
Seedling
from 'Apple Blossom'.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
2119
stellata indigo-purple |
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
1321 stellata purple |
From an
darkish pink A. ecalcarata hybrid that looked rather like a Barlow shape.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
stellata black |
Great impact.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
1345 stellata pink & white |
Well,
the first flowers were stellata forms, but then some sprouted spurs. Goodness
knows what the parent was....the label had snapped! Last
year’s seeds, so double-sized packets |
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Aquilegia
ex
2094 large pale pinky yellow variable
stellata / long spurred |
I assume these forms (& see next entries) are hybrids of long spurred sorts with stellatas.
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
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex
1015 Stellata type, HUGE pink flowers |
Stellata form, HUGE pink flowers on a tall plant: 4-5'. At
least that's what it was in it's first year of flowering because in its second
year things changed to
become
very variable. Alongside the
stellata form was deformed ones and (best of the lot) large longish spurred
pink and yellow striped flowers.
I assume these forms (see next entries) are hybrids of long spurred sorts with
stellatas. Can't wait to see the next generation! Sold out 2013 |
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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) |
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Aquilegia
|
The final sorts in this section are the
ones with golden or variegated leaves. |
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Aquilegia
ex
1942 pink, gold leaf |
Gold leaf,
.
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex 929
(and other) |
Gold leaf,
elegant deepest ruby almost black flower. (Right in pic below). It's hard to
see how this differs from 'Elegance' (Left in pic below) ...until you see them
together.
Bred at Touchwood

Last
year’s seeds, so double-sized packets.
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Aquilegia
ex gold leaf elegant indigo-purple |
Gold leaf,
elegant indigo-purple flower.
Last
year’s seeds, so double-sized packets.
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Aquilegia
ex 1613ex gold leaf elegant purple |
Gold leaf,
Sorry about the poor pic.
New for 2013
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Aquilegia
ex 1524 gold leaf marbled pink double. |
Gold leaf,
Hint of marbled pink double.
Last
year’s seeds, so double-sized packets.
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Aquilegia
ex 920 gold leaf marbled blue |
Gold leaf,
marbled blue becoming double.
Last
year’s seeds, so double-sized packets.
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Aquilegia
ex Lil's
gold leaf blue & white |
Gold leaf,
I’ve some spare seed of this from a friend, so you’ve also
got the chance to try it.
Last
year’s seeds, so double-sized packets.
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Blue & white |
Aquilegia
ex
1167 variegated leaf, light pink |
Variegated leaf
NEW FOR 2013 |
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Aquilegia
ex 729 variegated purple stellata |
Variegated leaf
New for 2013
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Aquilegia
ex 1305 variegated white double |
Variegated
leaf,
Well, last
year this was a hint of a tint of pink double, but I took no photo. This year
I’d definitely call it w a white pleated double. I cannot see any hint of pink!
Sortof new for 2013
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Aquilegia
ex 898 variegated indigo frilly double. |
Variegated
leaf, indigo frilly double.
Last year’s seeds, so double-sized packets.
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~ Aquilegiachatlist Remaining seeds from the seed
exchange. Monies raised will go to help run next year's exchange.
|
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 5:
TO BE ADVISED |
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.
OR
CHOOSE 10 for £10 incl postage It should be the 5 listed
and 5 other donations (not listed, as Touchwood lists them above)...you'll have
to be surprised! If the ones on the list are out of stock
you will have others that I've not listed here as they are duplicates of what I
myself offer.
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Red
&
Yellow !!!!!
I've started collecting double forms of red and yellow
American types. I've now been granted
National Plant Collection status from Plant Heritage to cover all
these taxa. I don't think you're yet likely to see anything else like them!
However, if you DO know of others, please let me know, I want to increase my
gene bank as much as possible. Thank you. ALL
seeds are £2 a packet, reductions for 6 or more packets.
Connoisseurs' Choice of doubles with
yellow in them. Lots of
NEW FOR 2013!
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
ex 1040 |

yellow double. |
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ex 1018 yellow double |
Yellow
double.
The first year from seed this was only 15" tall...now it's normal
size. Why does this happen......could it be that the pots I re-use had contained
plants that had been sprayed with something that keeps them compact? Is that
possible...anyone know? |
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ex 2109 yellow double |
Yellow double, seedling from 1050. New
for 2013 |
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ex 1765 yellow full double |
Hybrid of a large blue & white double
x a pink & yellow double, expect
exciting variations in the offspring!
New for 2013 |
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ex 911 light yellow double, blushed |

Light yellow double with blushed spurs. |
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ex 1639 small blushed yellow double |
From
1061 pink & yellow double comes this delightful character. Big enough (and on
tallish plants, about 1m) to make a good impact in the garden, these are also
dainty enough for me to use as a beautiful corsage ....together with
singles of a similar size and hues. New for 2013 |
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ex 1532 blushed yellow double |
New for 2013 |
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ex 1508 blushed yellow double |

As seen on TV! S4C Bwy yn yr Ardd, June 2012
LINK TO YOUTUBE VERSION.
It’s in Welsh, there’s a subtitle button
to press to get English written captions.
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ex 1904 blushed strong yellow double |
Hybrid of A. chrysantha x pink & yellow double.
New for 2013 |
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ex 1991 large blushed yellow double |

Hybrid of A. chrysantha x pink & yellow double.
New for 2013 |
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ex 1281 pink & creamy double |
Lovely
pink and creamy yellow double, the cream ages nearly white. Expect some
offspring to be more yellow as this is a hybrid of an apricot-pink & yellow
double x a pink and yellow large double. New for
2013 |
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ex 1188 purply-pink & creamy double |
Very
light purply pink and creamy yellow double. |
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ex 1751 lilac & apricotty large double |
From a double pin k long spurred. Very special and such unusual shades that
I'm putting it here.
New for 2013
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ex 828 apricot pink full double |
Apricot pink full double, tending to become more pink as it ages. |
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ex 1039 peachy double |

Peachy (yellow with pink) double. Also has some single flowers later. |
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ex 1629 pink & sunburnt yellow double |
A seedling from a red & yellow double, unusual colours, deepened by the effect
of the sun. Starting as doubles, it then became singles.
New for 2013 |
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ex 775 dark pink shading to apricot full double |
Dark pink shading to apricot full double ...the apricottyness doesn't show
well in the photo....sorry. |
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ex 691 Red shading to apricot double |
 
Red shading to apricot double, an absolutely stunning showstopper plant, in
glorious flower for weeks (if not months) right outside my front door. 4'
tall so appreciates support. This is a seedling from my amazing red & yellow
hybrid (see below). |
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ex 1779 Pinky peach double |
Whoops no photo, seedling of an orange & yellow long-spurred
New for 2013
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Rather like the above 691 |
ex 1117 cerise pink double |
Smaller
flowers, that start as beautifully formed doubles then late flowers are rather
nice singles. From a red & yellow double. New for
2013
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ex 1905 pale pink & pale yellow double |
Large. Seedling from A. chrysantha x pink & yellow double.
New for 2013 |
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ex 1886 pale pink & pale yellow double |
And it's scented. Seedling from 'Devon
Sunshine'. New for 2013 |
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ex 1781 pinky & yellow double |
Aren't Aquilegias wonderful? Here's another hybrid of
Aa.‘Elegance’
x ? ...where ? means I couldn’t read
the writing at harvest-time!
. New for 2013 |
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ex 1803 lilac pink & creamy double |
Sister to the above,
another hybrid of Aa.‘Elegance’
x ? There's bound to be interesting
offspring and hopefully some with golden leaves.
. New for 2013 |
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ex 556 pink & light yellow double |
One of my earlier doubles with yellow in, sown 2006, first flowering in 2007
and still going strong. One of the reasons that I'm loving, and introducing,
DOUBLES with yellow in is that I find it hard to grow, flower and keep the
single species sort that parent these plants. I loved these doubles when I first
grew them but wasn't as excited as I should have been, until I realised (quite
some years ago now) that one was on it's 3rd year of flowering, and that these
hybrid doubles had LONGEVITY as well as the ability to grow in South Wales'
conditions. New for 2013 Sold out 2013 |
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ex 1061 Pink and yellow double |
Pink
and yellow double. An absolutely stunning plant and so floriferous!
Last year’s seeds, so double sized packets.
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ex 835 Pink and yellow double |
Early
flowering, and giving similar and other good offspring.
Pink and yellow double. Started single the first year....then WOW ...when
it became double it was an absolute show-stopper. In 2010 it was probably the
first double pink/yellow aquilegia in flower....and nearly the last! |
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ex 1596 Pink and yellow double |
Seedling from the above, selfed, so it was both mother and father to this one.
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oh no! no pic, rather like the above |
ex 1440 pink & yellow double |
Seedling from 1000, purple striped, so expect some surprises in the
offspring! See this one in Touchwood's fairy garden. |
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ex 1919 pink & yellow double |
Seedling from huge blue & white double x pink & yellow double. Should get
some great f2 plants! New for 2013 |
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ex 1056 dark peach & yellow double |
This
plant started off with stunning double flowers, although later ones were large
singles. Last year’s seeds, so double sized packets.
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ex 1758 orangey-red & yellow double |
Ex 1061 pink & yellow double.
New for 2013
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ex 1711 orange & yellow double |
Ex 1061 pink & yellow double.
New for 2013
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ex 910 orangey-red & yellow double |
These colours are sensational, shining out at you.
Sold
out 2013 |
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ex1681 dark pink & yellow double |
From a pink & yellow double, selfed.
New for 2013 |
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ex 1567 pink & yellow double |
From
red & yellow pompom x apricot pink & yellow double. This hybrid flowers at 5'
tall (150-160cms) but unfortunately sets few seeds.
New for 2013 |
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ex 1533 orange-red & yellow double |
From a red & yellow double. I find, on average, that I get at
least 20% of the seedlings coming up as 'doubles with yellow in' from the sorts
of plants featured in this list. Some may have much larger percentages, and it
will vary year-to-year depending on how busy the bumbles have been. New for 2013 |
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ex 2089 pink & creamy becoming double |
Pink & creamy, becoming double. Exciting hybrid from 'Elegance' (presumably
has ruby as well as black genes) x A. chrysantha. New for 2013 |
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ex 1617deep pink & creamy double |
The creamy yellow ages to white. This is interesting, 'William Guiness' x a
pink & yellow double. Looks like there's yellow genes in there, even if the
petals then whiten, so hopefully the next generation will show some really
interesting traits including some with permanent yellow. New for 2013 |
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ex 1729 dark pink & yellow double |
From 835, pink & yellow double, selfed. sorry no pic, it's a darker
pink than 835 with is quite a light pink with the yellow.
New for 2013 |
Dark pink & yellow double |
ex 1966 dark pink & yellow double |
New for 2013 Note this is a hybrid,
so expect variable results, the mother plant was A. chrysantha and the pollen
plant a pink & yellow early double. |
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ex 1610 dark pink & yellow double |
New for 2013 |
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ex 1572orange-red & yellow double |
New for 2013 From a red &
yellow double. |
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ex 553 red & yellow double |


Bright red & yellow double
Looks like a firework display!
Sold out 2013
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ex 1054 Red and yellow double. |
Red and yellow full double.
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ex 590 Red double, yellow inside. |
Red and yellow full double.
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ex 1614 cerise and yellow double. |
From a pink & yellow double, selfed. Love it! New for
2013
Sold out 2013 |
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ex 1865 dark red and orange double. |
Should this have gone with the peach and apricot colours? From a
darkest crimson double, with yellow inside. New for 2013
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ex 1683 cerise double, yellow inside |
The yellow ages to white. This is a very special
hybrid of 'Elegant Ruby' x a pink & yellow double. I'm hoping to get golden
leaves in some of the next generation, do also let me know what your results
from these, and others of my seed are. It's very helpful for my records.
New for 2013
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ex 1682 maroon & warm yellow double |

From 'Elegance' x chrysantha
.New for 2013 and bound to be
popular...

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ex 1016 maroon-purple double, yellowy inside |

Unusual shades, beautifully combined.
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ex 1778 large blue and creamy double. |
I'm
chasing after an elusive colour combination: blue and yellow doubles.
This is how close I get, ones that open a creamy yellow,
but ages to white. It may be that I am unable to get my dream, results to date
suggest that the yellow may actually transfuse through the blue, turning it
purple (I know yellow and blue made green at school, can anyone explain this?).
This is a hybrid which will give vary varied offspring,
from a large blue & white double x a red & white long-spurred.
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ex 821 indigo & creamy double |
Extraordinary, floriferous amazing indigo and white (starts
creamy) double. I've listed this above, and 821, but also feature
them here as they open a good cream colour before fading to white.

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ex 1633 Blue and white double |
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 NEW for 2013
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ex 2017 blue & creamy double |
Largish
flowers and longish spurs make this one very different as well as the special
colouring. A hybrid of 'Elegance' x chrysantha.
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ex 1299 Indigo & creamy yellow double |
This startling colour combination is a clear winner in the garden. The indigo is
rather purpley.
Definitely desirable.
This aquilegia and the few following ones are incredible
and incomparable flowers that are the culmination so far of my breeding program
to combine yellow with other colours in double forms. Prepared to be amazed, and
very in awe.
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ex 1727 purple & yellow double |
Whoh-ho,
what have we here? From a huge blue & white double x pink & yellow double which
had long spurs. Will offspring be the same? No. will offspring be better? Hard
to imagine, but, yes some may very well be, that's what makes growing aquilegias
so exciting!
New for 2013
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ex 1557 purple & warm yellow double |
From a red & yellow double. wasn't sure where to slot this one, inserted here
because of the purple rather than the yellow!
New for 2013
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ex 1647 purple & yellow double |
From a yellow double! Thank you, Mrs Bumble!!.
New for 2013
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ex 1722 purple & yellow double |
From a blue & white double x pink & yellow longt-spurred..
New for 2013
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ex 1858 purple & lightish yellow full double |
With a choice like these, sometimes you just have to take out a loan or
remortgage to buy all that you desire. Cutting back on your order i s
counterproductive and illogical. Think....buy loads now and not only will they
flower and reward you next year and next year and next year..... but also these
plants will self sow, and cross pollinate and re-combine and produce ever more
delightful offspring to keep you happy all your life. Mind you, you might need
another mortgage again later....to buy a bigger
garden (and hope attached house is also worthy)..
New for 2013 |
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ex 1776 deep purple & creamy yellow double |

Starts creamy yellow and ages creamy. A seedling from 'William Guiness' double x
ecalcarata.
New for 2013
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ex 1649 deep purple & creamy double |
Starts
creamy and ages white. A seedling from 'William Guiness' double x pink & yellow
double.
New for 2013
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ex 1648 black & creamy yellow double |
Starts creamy yellow and ages creamy. A seedling from 'William
Guiness' double x pink & yellow double. The dark colour is just slightly more
red than 'William Guiness'.
New for 2013
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ex 1686 burgundy-black & yellow double |
From a red & yellow double. '.
New for 2013 Sold out 2013
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ex 1444 burgundy-black & yellow double |
Almost black with yellow. Awesome.
New for 2013
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ex 855 burgundy & yellow double |
One of my absolutely favourite colour combinations, the
yellow colouring is inside on the inner faces of the petals.
New for 2013
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ex 1998 nearly black, yellowy inside double |
In 2012, its first year of flowering, early flowers were singles. Expect
some really good offspring from this hybrid of 'Elegance' x chrysantha.
New for 2013
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ex 1358 black & creamy double |
Like
many of these sensational colour blends, the depth of the yellow colour as the
bud opens is the most dramatic, with a gradual fading to a creamy shade.
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ex1307 Black & creamy double |
Isn't that phenomenal? |
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Now let's have some mixes of
these special doubles with yellow,
....only from Touchwood.
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Sorry, understandably, these do NOT qualify for the discount offered on other
Touchwood mixes of buy 8 get 1 free. |
Touchwood 'Shooting Stars' Mix Yellow doubles from Touchwood Mix |
Yellow doubles mix. Contains seed from some of the above, as well as
from ones not producing enough seed to offer separately. |
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Touchwood 'Dragon's Breath' Mix |
From the land of dragons, comes seed from the
remarkable collection of red & yellow doubles at Touchwood. T o get an idea of
the range of flowers included in this mix, see the ones pictured above as red &
yellow doubles.
Having NOTHING to do with aquilegias, here's a link to
WALKING the DRAGON, an
article I first wrote for a family newsletter about a special walk here in
Wales.
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Touchwood 'Volcano!' Mix |
'Volcano!' Mix from Touchwood.
Fiery doubles with yellow in, including yellow doubles & apricotty ones. Seed from some of the
entries above, as well as from ones not producing enough seed to offer separately.
The photo well shows what my new aquilegia hybrid national plant collection
is all about. Spectacular, aren't they?
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Touchwood 'Sunrise Surprises' Mix Pink & yellow doubles mixed |
Seed from all sorts of pink and yellow doubles including the blushed yellow
ones. NEW FOR 2013 |
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Touchwood Mix
blue/indigo & (usually
creamy) yellow doubles mixed
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Will you help me choose a name for this mix? Do you
prefer ''Blue Moon' or 'Mystic Moonlight? Or do you have a suggestion or two to
offer?
The blues and indigos, currently, are ones that open creamy yellow and ages
lighter. NEW FOR 2013 |
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Purple & yellow doubles mix
purple & yellow doubles mixed
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Will you help me choose a name for this mix? Do you
prefer 'Crown Jewels', 'Emperor's Glory', 'Magic & Mystery' 'Merlin's Delight',
'Touchwood Treasures' or 'Wizard's Delight'? Or do you have a suggestion or two
to offer that captures the rich colour mix?
These and the next mix look rather similar. And, yes, it IS difficult to
separate some purples from 'blacks', but generally to the eye (rather than
camera) in daylight, these are more purple, and 'Night
Lights' are darker. NEW FOR 2013 |
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Touchwood 'Night Lights' Mix 'black' & yellow doubles mixed |
Burgundy / black & yellow doubles.
Seed from those closest to black
that I can get with yellow accompanying it. Sometimes the yellow fades to creamy
with maturity of the individual flower. NEW FOR 2013 |
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Touchwood 'Black & Bruises!' mix
'black'/blue
/purple & yellow doubles mixed
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What beautiful colours bruises go after some days, not just 'black & blue' but
rich purples, burgundies and yellows. I think that the name of this mix (of the
3 above mixes) captures the striking colour effects of old bruises, without
having to undergo the original pain! NEW FOR 2013 |
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"Dear Carrie, Please could I thank you for
the seeds that you sent me last year. The germination rate was exceptional,
much better than some of the larger commercial seed merchants. I have been
most impressed with the Stellata mix. Although a simple flower , the range
of colours has been tremendous. Out of all the aquilegias these seem to
arouse the visitors curiosity more than any other, although all the others
that you sent me are just as beautiful. What I am finding most interesting
is the fact that I am finding two types of flower on many plants i.e Doubles
with pom poms, doubles with stellata . Every day is an adventure in the
garden, just when you think you have seen them all, you find another one
even more striking hidden away. Once again many thanks for the enjoyment you
have given me with your seeds." Yours Very Sincerely, Jim Forshaw,
Lancashire May 2008
"Such an appealing flower. I remember
the first time I noticed a columbine when I started gardening. I was
enchanted with this mystery plant. I didn’t want to know it’s name because I
was afraid it would lose it’s allure. It has lost the mystery but I love it
even more." Valerie Gillman Michigan USA
"They are normally thought of being
short-lived I can assure you of this: there´s one old, propably a Vulgaris
cultivar growing in my garden in the same place, and it´s the same root, not
off-sets, for about 45 years! Planted by my late mother, I have a picture of
me with mother beside the Aquilegia when I was about 4-5 years old and it´s
still there, same place flowering each year." Reijo Sodergren, Finland
"How will you know if you've arrived in Heaven?
You will suddenly be walking through endless fields of Aquilegias! :-)
Aidan Tagg, Worcs
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LUCKY FIVE £2.50
A lucky dip of 5 packs of last year’s seeds
TERRIFIC TWENTY £8
or
FANTASTIC FORTY £12
Strictly my choice, but I won’t include anything
that you order at the same time, & you can choose
categories you want/don’t want from: annuals, biennials, perennials, trees
and shrubs, alpines, bulbs, vegetables, climbers, herbs, Aquilegias,
Geraniums YES, you can have JUST AQUILEGIAS if you ask. There's
postage costs, and you can order this years seeds at the same time.
TOUCHWOOD
AQUILEGIAS:
Requesting your help
As you may be aware
there is great confusion in the names of Aquilegia cultivars, and as a
collection holder I certainly don’t wish to add to the problem!
One major reason is that Aquilegias from seed may not come ‘true’; due both to
promiscuous bees but also due to recessive genes (so a plant ‘looks’ right (eg
double blue & white) but has hidden genes (eg for singles, pink, white and ‘not
bicoloured’!). Therefore,
PLEASE do not
name the plant until it has flowered
and looks ‘true’ to its description.
MIXES Resulting
plants should not be labeled, for
example, ‘Touchwood Eventide’ or even ‘Eventide’ as they will be a total mix, of
some recognisable named cultivars together with un-named forms.
LABELS
  
Good quality white labels …….30 for £1
................70 for £2
‘Invisible’ green labels……….20 for £1
.................50 for £2
‘Highly visible’ yellow ....……. 20 for £1
..................50 for £2
or mix yellow and green…….20 for £1
..................50 for £2
or mix 5
colours…………......….20 for £1
..................50 for £2
Label postage: they are relatively heavy, so, for UK, 50p per 50 (or part
thereof)
But labels sent free with plants-by-post orders.
Stabilo
Write-4-all permanent marker ........ £1.50 plus 50p postage
(free postage with seed or plant order)
DVD/VIDEO
‘A Guide to
Aquilegias: sowing growing and breeding’
RRP £14.99 + p&p , please state if you want Video or DVD.(not suitable
for +R (only) format)

A Guide to Aquilegias
Sowing, growing & breeding
Unique DVD / video-guide
to Granny’s Bonnets
£14.99 + £2.00
UK p&p
Offers:
……..& free packet of Aquilegia seeds:
you can choose!
I loved your DVD makes me think like I almost KNOW you!!!
It was very good and informative and your yard is beautiful. Lorna,
California
Seed sent free postage with
deliveries of plants or DVD otherwise:
Prices for 2012
£2 a packet.
6 or more:
£1.50/packet
15 or more:£1.25/packet
UK
Postage & Packing is £1.
Europe shipping £3.
Other worldwide shipping £3.50
(all for padded envelope)
READY
RECKONER: 1packet=£2,
2=£4
3=£6,
4=£8,
5=£9,
6=£9, 7=£10.50,,
8=£12, 9=£13.50, 10=£15, 11=£16.50,12=£18,
13=£18.75, 14=£18.75, 15=£18.75
16=£20, 17=£21.25,
18=£22.50,
19=£23.75,
20= £25,
21=£26.25,
22=£27.50, 23 = £28.75, 24=£30, 25=
£31.25, 26= £32.50, 27= £33.75, 28= £35, 29= £36.35, 30= £37.50, 31= £38.75, 32=
£40,
.et cetera!
Yes….if you buy 10 packets, you may as well buy 15:
POSTAGE
Don't forget to add any postage costs. I always get
proof of posting so that you can claim in the event of non-delivery.
If you want signed-for delivery, it will cost
whatever the rate is. I may insist that large orders have extra insurance for
our peace of mind.
Pay
by: cheque, bank card or Paypal
TO ORDER:
email me a list of seeds that you'd like, I'll check availability and
confirm total costs with you.
PLEASE order in the order that the seeds appear in these
lists, if possible, as it halves the time
in preparing your order, and means I can find the seeds! Thanks. To make
it easy for you, you can just put the acquisition number if you want, eg 608,
although the failsafe way (in case you or I get it wrong) would be to put 608
pink feather duster.
Trouble emailing? Some systems
aren't compatible with this link. If so, send in your email system by putting
carrie.thomas in front of @ntlworld.com to get my email address, else ring
01792-522443. Payment can be by
cheque,
payable to 'Touchwood Plants'. You may also choose to pay by
card, which can ONLY be done
through email invoicing and the Paypal secure site. Email me which seeds you
want, I'll check availability, let you know total cost, and send an electronic
invoice. And, yes, of course you may also use
Paypal
if you have an account.
OVERSEAS
I am pleased to post ANYWHERE in the world. However, please will you check
(online search for your customs) that what you order is ALLOWED by your customs,
otherwise the seeds may be seized & destroyed. I cannot check each and every
nation's rules myself, so I must leave it as your responsibility, as you will be
the one who loses out if anything doesn't get through. It is easy to check that
you comply rather than shed tears at any losses. For my part, I am willing to do
any extra work necessary for your customs' requirements, and not charge you
anything extra. eg, Norway ONLY allows 50 packets of seeds in at a time.
Info about US is really good at
http://www.nargs.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=140:small-lots-of-seed&catid=75:seedex&Itemid=123
GUARANTEE
I fully
expect you to enjoy a good germination from my seeds.
If that is not the case, please let me know, for either information and advice,
replacement seed or a credit note.
But when you do get good results…please tell your friends and let them benefit
from good seed of cottage garden, rare and unusual plants at a brilliant price!!
Touchwood seeds:
fully automated seed packeting system

Stop Press November 2011:
training sessions of the next generation of machines commence

Seeds arrived
quickly and in good condition. Thank you"
"The aquilegia seeds I bought from
you at Gardeners' World Live last year are now coming up in seed trays in my
green house, and as I am relatively new to gardening it's very exciting!
"Everything is looking amazing, plants out and growing madly, seeds up and on
the go--just fabulous thank you"
"Congratulations on an outstanding catalogue - your seeds have superb
germination. I find only Plant World comes near to you! This year my seeds
germinated so well that I may end up digging up part of my lawn!" Ian Miller,
Galashiels
"Venditrice precisa e veloce. Ottima
transazione!!!" "Immer wieder gerne. Super gelaufen!"
"Alles super gelaufen. Danke"
"Bin sehr zufrieden! Danke für die
Zugabe"
"the seeds you sent me
earlier have all germinated. I shall have some to give away. Thanks, I shall
recommend you to all my friends." Jan Etchells

Most of Touchwood's seed is
grown, harvested & packeted here in Wales
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