Aquilegia - Nora Barlow ☼ full sun/ part shade ❅hardy ★ award
By Paulspond
- 12 Feb, 2013
- 17 likes
Preferred common namecolumbine 'Nora Barlow'
FamilyRanunculaceae
Aquilegia are clump-forming herbaceous perennials with long-stalked, ternately divided basal leaves and erect, leafy stems bearing bell-shaped flowers with spreading, coloured sepals and petals with spurs, on branched stems
'Nora Barlow' is an erect plant to 80cm, with divided, dark green leaves and nodding, spurless, double flowers 2-3cm in width, composed of many narrow, dull deep pink and pale green petals
Synonym(s)
Aquilegia hybrid 'Nora Barlow'
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Nora Barlow'
Suppliers
Suppliers listed in RHS Plant Finder
Awards
Award of Garden Merit
How to growSunlight
Full sun Part shade Aspect
South-facing, North-facing, East-facing or West-facing
Exposed or Sheltered
Cultivation
Grow in fertile, moist but well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade
Soil
Moist but well-drained
Acid, Alkaline or Neutral
Loam, Chalk, Sand or Clay
Propagation
Propagate by seed sown in pots in a cold frame as soon as seed is ripe or in spring. It can also be propagated by division in spring but the plant will be slow to recover
Suggested planting locations and garden types
Cottage/Informal Garden, Flower borders and beds, Cut Flowers or Low Maintenance
How to carePruning
Cut back foliage affected by fungal diseases
Pests
Prone to aphids, leaf miners, sawflies and caterpillars
Diseases
May be infected by powdery mildews
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CharacteristicsPlant type
Herbaceous Perennial
Habit
Clump-forming
Toxicity
Ingestion may cause mild stomach upset
ResilienceHardiness
H4 (hardy)
ColourFlower
Pale Green and Dark Pink in Spring and Summer
Foliage
Dark Green in Spring and Summer
SizeUltimate height
0.5-1 metres
Ultimate spread
0.1-0.5 metres
Time to ultimate height
2-5 years
Comments on this photo
Amazing colous...can you believe it was like that?!
12 Feb, 2013
Thank you both - hard to believe Karen !!
12 Feb, 2013
It is.....but soon we will have flowers again. Not long until your favourite month now, and then mine! :) how is new job?
12 Feb, 2013
Indeed Karen - Job is good thank you - always really strange and tense when starting
12 Feb, 2013
Oh yes, really scary! Takes about 6 months to settle in I think.
12 Feb, 2013
Lovely pic Paul ... Glad the new job is going well :o)
12 Feb, 2013
Thanks Terra :))))))))
12 Feb, 2013
These Barlow ones are fabulous aren't they.....hurry up spring Paul!
12 Feb, 2013
Very much so Janey - I so look forward to it now
12 Feb, 2013
Me too.....and we'll soon be there...:))
12 Feb, 2013
:)))))
12 Feb, 2013
Thats a beauty Paul, mine are nearly all purple ones, will look out for this one. Is it from Staunton Harold nurseries? Whats the new job then?
15 Feb, 2013
I work at garden centre nurseries - only a 3 month temp thing - but I will happily take it :) Thank you too :))
15 Feb, 2013
This is such a beautiful Aquilegia Paul - Good luck with the new job I'm sure you'll enjoy it :o)
15 Feb, 2013
Thank you Tracey very much :-)))))
15 Feb, 2013
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beautifull paul :o)
12 Feb, 2013