aquilegia plants - A Selection

This reliable little perennial brings cottage garden charm to herbaceous borders with a cheery display of late spring blooms. Skyward-facing, purple and white flowers are borne in clusters upon slender, upright stems.

Stunning, double, ruby-red flowers

Aquilegia 'Crimson Star' is a hardy and trouble-free plant. It thrives in perennial borders, where it will seed around to surprise you each year, with plants popping up to fill the smallest of gaps. A slew of starry blooms to brighten borders in late spring. This showy columbine is impossible to overlook with its bicolor, red and white flowers. It makes a cheerful cut flower, but leave a few stems for pollinating insects who love its nectar-rich blooms. Height: 90cm (36). Spread: 45cm (18).

A pretty species Columbine from high in the Swiss Alps! Aquilegia alpina has a charming simplicity that makes it a delight to grow in rockeries, alpine gardens and borders.

A cottage garden classic, these delightful aquilegia flowers of up to 7.5cm (3) wide create a bright and uplifting display of vibrant, long-spurred blooms. Aquilegia ?McKana Hybrids? are perfect for borders and shady woodland edges, and make exciting cut flowers for a vase indoors.

The striking purple-black bonnet-like petals of Aquilegia ‘William Guiness’ are contrasted with stark white corolla; providing colour and interest in early summer and filling the seasonal gap in your displays whilst the last of the spring bulbs die back and the summer blooms. Its nectar-filled blooms are loved by bees and are carried on wiry stems above pretty fern-like foliage. This classic cottage garden hardy perennial does well in full sun but is just as happy in shady borders. This

A spring-flowering herbaceous perennial with filly pink and white flowers

Aquilegia 'Nora Barlow' is a wonderful perennial which is loved for its unusual 'pompom'-shaped flowers. This is a great Columbine for the traditional cottage garden and it looks equally at home in contemporary planting schemes and even on the woodland edge. Aquilegia, also known as Granny's Bonnet because of the shape of the flowers, is an easy plant to care for and it self-seeds so it will gradually naturalise. 'Nora Barlow' is resilient and will attract beneficial garden insects too.

This beautiful Columbine is native to the Swiss Alps and boasts stunning, nodding blue blooms which appear above tall, slender stems in May and June. This variable species will sometimes produce blue and white bicolour flowers. Aquilegia alpina is ideal for alpines and rockeries, garden borders and wildlife gardens as well as making an incredible cut flower. This elegant hardy perennial looks most effective grown in groups where it will seed about to create free colonies which will burst into

From May to July, this fascinating columbine blooms with lengthy spurs that perch on tall, slender stems and make wonderful cut flowers. Aquilegia chrysantha 'Yellow Star' is a wonderful addition to borders, woodland areas, and wildlife gardens, where it'll entice a plethora of pollinating insects. It distinguishes itself from other cultivars by having yellow flowers, which are unusual among Aquilegias. This enchanting cottage garden perennial is also low-maintenance and simple to grow. Height:

Aquilegia have been bred for every colour imaginable, but sometimes it?s good to go back to basics. The species Aquilegia vulgaris is just as pretty as many of its cultivars and well worth a place in the garden.

Intensely coloured violet blue sepals

A cottage garden favourite

A reliable hardy perennial which is guaranteed to brighten up herbaceous borders and cottage gardens from May to July. Aquilegia 'Blue Star' produces purple and white star-shaped blooms which burst into colour above slim, erect stems. This beautiful Columbine is a robust variety which will happily spread its seed to reappear year after year. Adored by garden pollinators and looks superb in a cut flower vase display! Height: 90cm (36). Spread: 45cm (18).

Aquilegia Red Dream Rising above delicate foliage is stunning red and white blooms. Differs from Aquilegia 'Red Hobbit' with slightly taller flower stems. Absolutely adored by pollinating insects and planted In masse it creates a wonderful spectacle. Also as effective as a cut flower. Height Up To 70cm (28in) Spread Up To 45cm (18in).

Transform your garden into a haven of elegance with Aquilegia Vulgaris Stellata White Barlow. From March to November, this stunning perennial graces the landscape with attractive mounds of rounded, grey-green foliage, setting the stage for its exquisite display. Tall stems rise from these mounds, each adorned with clusters of white buds that open to reveal fully double, spur less, white blooms resembling delightful pom-poms from May to July. Known as 'Granny's Bonnet', this charming plant adds