The Plant Company

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Telephone:
01403 740100

Email:
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The Plant Company
Coolham Road
West Chiltington
Pulborough
West Sussex
RH20 2LH

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Opening times:
Tuesday-Friday, 9:00-17:30 Closed public holidays


 

The Plants

Aquilegia 'Bluebird'

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Photo of Aquilegia 'Bluebird'

£9.00

An elegant Aquilegia with large, long-spurred pure white flowers alight firm lengthy stems.

Type

  • Perennials

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Foliage: Deciduous

Hardiness: Hardy

Vigour: Medium growing

Uses

  • Beds and borders
  • Flower arranging
  • Cottage style garden
  • Woodland area

Special features

  • Attractive to wildlife
  • Low maintenance
  • Attractive to bees

Care instructions

Cut back stems after flowering or leave to self-seed. Self-sown aquilegias look charming naturalised amongst shrubs and roses, however, the plants interbreed freely and seedlings are rarely much like the parents. Cut down leaves in autumn, or earlier if affected by fungal diseases.

Dimensions

Size: Small

Pot size: 2 litre

Eventual height: 50cm

Eventual spread: 50cm

Positions

  • Light shade
  • Sun

Aspects

  • South
  • East
  • West
  • North

Soil types

  • Sandy
  • Normal
  • Clay

Soil pH ranges

  • Acid
  • Neutral
  • Alkaline

Special conditions

  • Coastal