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Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 06:32 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Marie's fault, as I recall (she has a lot to answer for in my garden...), this is the second time I've planted this. I haven't seen a sign of last year's yet. This is one of two new ones. I absolutely adore this aquilegia!

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Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 08:31 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Gorgeous, I hope last year's shows up for you soon.
I found my first one in the baggie yesterday, hopefully will find some more today.
Have you grown A.Formosa or A.Eximia?

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Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 09:29 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Oh good, glad you love them. Mine have returned...never in the same spot of course, but rather where THEY choose. They really do seed around here! Mine are near my Diablo Ninebark, in an island bed.

They really did not like the -4C temperatures last night, but after several hours of sunshine, they are looking fine. Not so my tulips...I do not dare inspect the roses and clematis.

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Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 09:33 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Marie, does that mean they aren't perennial? Then I'll have to take care what I pull out.

Maggie, are you sure you mean Aquilegia? Eximia and formosa sound like Dicentras...

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Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 09:54 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Gardenfriend's picture is Aquilegia canadensis, Zone 4, perennial.

A. eximia and formosa exists, too.

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Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 11:42 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Gardenfiend wrote on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 06:32 am:

she has a lot to answer for in my garden...),


Too funny Mara. Many GB's have a lot to answer for in my garden. Including ALL my roses.

It's very pretty. I find many of my aquilegias do not return reliably. I buy a new bunch every year.

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Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 12:37 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Mara here are some links to pics of the aquilegias I mentioned.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Aquilegia_formosa_flower_2003-08-11 .jpg

Eximia
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_flora_com&enla rge=0000+0000+0702+0097

Totally gorgeous.

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Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 02:11 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Maggie they are both extraordinary columbines! Very unusual shape. I'd not heard of either of them before.

Gardenfiend - Germany, Zone "7a"
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Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 02:44 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Very pretty! It has returned for me but doesn't seem to reseed as much as some others.

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Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 03:52 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Aquilegia triternata, Zone 4; 14".Plant Forum

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Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 04:11 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Awesome, ours are just starting to open!! Our minis are the first.

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Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 06:00 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

oh awesome!!!!

They are a fav of mine too but I can't get different seed I often see on this forum

I really like yours

Ours are not in bloom yet in fact not even up
OH SIGH!!!!

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Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 06:37 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Yes! Take care what you weed out!

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Posted on Friday, May 02, 2008 - 07:46 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

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If you like this plant, you may be also interested in a related variety called 'Little Lantern'. I got the seed from Jelitto of Germany. In my garden, this appears to produce more flowers (but smaller) than the species:


However, like the species, they do not come back reliably. I used to have 3 patches, and now only one.

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Posted on Friday, May 02, 2008 - 08:10 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Garcan,

These are so lovely.
When you say they aren't reliable for coming back, do you mean the plants don't come back or that they don't seed true to the mother plants?

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Posted on Friday, May 02, 2008 - 08:45 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I should have been a bit clearer. The aquilegia canadensis are biennials for me and behave much like foxgloves. They seed around and pop up all over. The mother plant sometimes returns here, not always though.
Mine are up now but no blooms yet. In fact I have not seen buds yet. It is about 8C now.
Throughout the summer I find more and more seedlings.
Upon Google inspection, I find it to be listed as perennial everywhere. Not for me!
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This is one of the easiest garden plants to grow.
Light: Wild columbine can be grown in full sun to dappled sun to part shade, and even in mostly shady situations. It seems to do best in the light shade of large deciduous trees.
Moisture: Wild columbine thrives in a dry to moderately moist soil, acidic or limey. It cannot tolerate flooding. (It certainly does for me!)
Hardiness: USDA Zones 3-8.
Propagation: Wild columbine will reseed freely, and the seeds germinate readily. You can dig up your new seedling plants in fall and replant them where you want them. Or just collect the shiny little seeds and scatter them where you want; they do not need to be planted and covered.

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Posted on Saturday, May 03, 2008 - 01:21 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Yes, Little Lanterns are offered here too - as plants and seed. Your patch looks very pretty!

The problem for me is that my garden is home to uncounted aquilegia vulgaris, that self-seed and pop up everywhere. I have to do a lot of weeding out or I'd have nothing else. I do see a difference in the leaves between canadensis and vulgaris, but it requires looking carefully while weeding. Doesn't always happen...

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Posted on Saturday, May 03, 2008 - 08:48 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I also see hybridization between A. vulgaris and A. canadensis in my garden - I weed out the mutts... Aquilegias are known to be very promiscuous!

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Posted on Saturday, May 03, 2008 - 11:52 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

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The mother plants do come back, and the seedlings appear to be similar to their parents. I planted the seedlings as patches in 4 separate locations. Three of the batches bloomed nicely the second year, but two of the patches did not come back after that. I must admit that I tend to neglect my perennials that I sow. It is also possible that they prefer specific conditions.

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I also have the A. vulgaris seedlings problem. I have tried very hard to clear them from most beds by moving them to specific beds far from the others each spring. Although I am still struggling this spring, I think I may be winning, or at least it is 'under control'.

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Posted on Saturday, May 03, 2008 - 12:49 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Gardenfiend wrote on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 06:32 am:

I absolutely adore this aquilegia!


Wow, Mara, I do too! Aquilegias are such endearing plants.. lots of forms and colors. I like them all, from the most delicate to the ones with the 'distinction' of being 'vulgaris.'

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Posted on Monday, May 12, 2008 - 09:18 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

They are simply stunning

I love them all

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Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 08:50 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Oh Wow....what a great colors. I love it. The little lanterns are great to. I have also some Canadensis seeds who I will plant this month.

I have a lot of Aquilegia's in bloom now, I will post a few pictures soon.

Bye, Astrid

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