aquilegia

[Remembertotakeabreak]

Hello

i have tonnes of aquilegias in my garden that have spread over the years - normally I wait until the seed pods turn brown and dry out before collecting the seeds and cutting them down.

But they look messy right now and I’m starting to take a bit more interest/pride in my garden! If I chop them down now when the heads are still green, will I still be able to collect seeds from them - maybe if I hang them up to dry out? Or will cutting them now stop the seed magic from happening?

they look like the attached photo at the moment.

thanks

I do a half and half...cut half of the seed heads down and leave a few to ripen. There's only so many aquilegias you need!

I cut all of mine down brutally before they can set seed and still get far more than I need the following year.

Just cut them and put the green seed pods in a paper bag in a dry place - it will dry out and the black seeds pop out

Thank you!

I cut them down as and where I feel like it I'll scatter seeds if I see a dried head but generally I get so many aquilegia I'd rather use other people's seed heads so I get more colour variety