Saturday 26 May 2018

Aquilegias


A Happy Saturday to you.  Just a brief selection of the Aquilegias flowering in the garden.  I tend to have the dark ones in the sunny yard, and pinky ones up in the top garden.  I note I am down to just three pure white ones now (must save seed from those) and one of the flowers on my really tall pink and yellow plant (in a tub) has turned out pure pink . . .  Variations of different flower types on the same plant is a regular occurrence too.

I have some seeds started (Tequila Sunrise) which I bought recently, but so far nothing has shown through the soil in the tray.  Perhaps the hot temps were a bit much for them - I have them on the concrete in the yard now, covered in a cat-proof tray . . .

A short and sweet post this morning as my asthma's not very good at the moment - heavy rain on pollen is apparently NOT a good thing for asthmatics.  I am hoping to avoid another course of steroids.  




They adore the gravel and self-seed everywhere.






Finally, some mesh over the strawberry patch which Ghengis DOESN'T fit through!

9 comments:

  1. Lovely to see your beautiful aquilegias - we still have a few plants in the front garden where they self-seed every year. Hope you feel a bit better soon.

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  2. Beautiful flowers. This is the best part of blogging for me when I can visit the gardens and countryside of blog friends.
    I hope you will feel better soon !

    cheers, parsnip

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  3. All the aquilegias here have reverted to pale pink and purple. There are dozens and I thought I dug lots out last year. I love them but they are taking over

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  4. Such beautiful plants. So lovely to have them all over. I’ve got a purple and white one that I love.

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  5. Acquilegias are my favourites and I'm glad to have some here. Sadly, I lost the packets of seeds I saved from the old house!
    Hope you feel better soon.xxx

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  6. I hope your asthma has improved.

    We only have pale pink Aquilegias around here, but that must change, those purple ones are lovely.

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  7. Thank you all. The flowers are going over fast now so I am enjoying them whilst I can.

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