Aquilegia - Nora Barlow ☼ full sun/ part shade ❅hardy ★ award

• 12 Feb, 2013
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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'
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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