I have discovered that I love Aquilegias!

Lovely collection of aquilegias. They are my fav too! (at least this year, things may change as I get more experienced and discover new types of plants)

Thank you :)

There are so many lovely plants out there but I think I'll always have a soft spot for the aquilegias. I think it's that you never know what you're going to get that appeals to me.

I think they seed and cross easily and bluey purple is the dominant colour, they all seem to end up that and you start again!
why not buy some mixed seed and grow your own....... could be fun!

I was just browsing online Pam and considering that very thing! :D

I might get a couple of packets when I'm at the garden center this weekend and give it a try.

I love these too. The white ones are lovely, Fife but I like them all. My neighbour has a stunning pale yellow one with really long spurs - gorgeous.

Thank you :)
I've done nothing today except go to the library and google aquiligias. I really like the one's with spurs but the double ones (like my white one) is growing on me too.

I'm thinking that first one with the deep purple/black colour might be William Guiness. The others are a bit harder to pin down though and might just be hybrids.

They are also a fav of mine and I have loads of them, when they have finished flowering I allow the seedhead to fill out then cut them off and simply throw them onto the earth where I want more of them, in springtime I thin a few out sometimes popping a couple into different places and then the cycle begins again..I have a gorgeous white that I hope is going to flower again that a kind goy member sent to me a few years back, haven't given up hope yet as its always behind some of my others....

That's a great tip, Lincslass! I was planning on waiting for them to ripen and then collect the seeds and plant into little pots on the windowsill until I thought they might be ready to plant out.

Your way is MUCH more my style! Thanks!

I was hoping to get that one from last year back but it wasn't to be :(
There are still lots of pretty ones this year though and now that I know what I'm looking for I might have lots more by next year!

I wasn't sure if I should be going for young plants or seeds but I've decided to go for seeds as that way I can afford lots of different ones rather than a plant or three.

I've just planted A. William Guinness in my garden and it certainly looks similar.
You've a smashing wee collection there.

They are beautiful aren't they, and they will seed themselves all over the place :)

I'd never heard of aquilegias till I randomly bought a tray in the garden centre! I had been told they self sow quite happily and at first I wasn't too keen on them growing wherever they wanted... But then they flowered and they're so lovely I'd be happy for them to grow everywhere! So easy to look after too.

Yes, they are, Mizzle and seem SAS-proof which is always a bonus. Welcome to GOY.
My white ones haven't flowered yet either, Lincs, but am ever hopeful as you are.

You certainly have some beautiful Aquilegias and they are different colours too. It will be interesting for you to find how they cross-pollinate and produce different colours.