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Aquilegia

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Rainmakerof69 · 09/04/2023 12:24

I want to buy somee Aquilegia, ideally garden ready but plugs would be good too. Any recommendations on the best online places to buy them?

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viques · 09/04/2023 13:48

Love aquilegia, especially the granny bonnet doubles. I think any garden centre will have plugs soon, I wouldn’t bother going for fancy named ones, they are very promiscuous and breed with each other so the named ones are soon indistinguishable from the cheap and cheerful. Once you have them established they will breed and seed all over the place.

Rainmakerof69 · 09/04/2023 13:58

Sadly not breeding all over the place, B and M sells them and I bought some from Waitrose last year, none in yet. Was hoping to buy several, just mixed but not sure who the best online seller would be.

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Rainmakerof69 · 09/04/2023 13:59

Oh and our local garden centre never sells them, it has a very limited range of plants in stock.

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Rainsdropskeepfalling · 09/04/2023 15:05

I have just bought some from a seller I've used a few times on eBay. Have a look at South Eastern horticultural

Aqua526 · 09/04/2023 15:37

Hi, I bought a lovely dark purple aquilegia from Wilko's about a month ago. I'm fairly sure they also had mixed colour bags and they were very cheap. They come as a sort of piece of root in a little bag which you pot up rather than seeds. (not sure of the technical term!) Maybe worth a look if you have one of their shops locally.

Rainmakerof69 · 09/04/2023 15:42

@Rainsdropskeepfalling Thank you, I'll have a look.
@Aqua526 I might be near a Wilkos tomorrow, so could look then. I think they are called bare root plants.

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NewBootsAndRanty · 09/04/2023 17:02

The plant stall at our local market has loads of ready-to-flower ones for about £3 each.

Rainmakerof69 · 09/04/2023 17:15

@NewBootsAndRanty
I don't have a market nearby.
It's frustrating I don't think of these as unusual plants but our two nearest garden centres don't stock them.

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Lalux · 09/04/2023 21:49

We had some from J Parker's online as part of a mixed border. This was about 3 years ago and they've been great - looking good so far again this year and so pretty.

Nachtvlinder · 09/04/2023 22:33

You can try community gardens in your local town/city as they often have plant sales (both veg and flowers). They self-seed readily once you have them.

The ones that are from Wilko's are bare-rooted but you will have to be careful not to get ones that are overly sprouted as these would have come in a good number of weeks ago and in the heat of the shop, they would have sprouted prematurely. Try to find ones without or with very minimal sprouting. Or else, you might find that the sprouted shoots may not survive in the ground very well.

I too have bought from J Parkers plugs before - they've been okay.

Rainmakerof69 · 10/04/2023 07:33

Thank you, mine haven't self seeded so I always buy new plants.
I'll have a look at J Parkers.

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Rainmakerof69 · 10/04/2023 18:15

Found some at a nursery today near to family I was visiting.
Might buy some plugs as well.

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NewBootsAndRanty · 10/04/2023 20:09

Excellent! Enjoy! Smile

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