Aquilegia Columbine - Crystal Star

Aquilegia Columbine – Crystal Star     

Approximate Seed Quantity: 45

Aquilegia Columbine – Crystal Star. This has to be one of the easiest and most rewarding Perennials available producing beautiful flowered long spurred blooms on slender stems in an eye catching pure crystal white combination. Provide it with a humus rich, slightly acidic soil. And you will be rewarded with an abundance of blooms in late spring and early summer. Excellent as a cut flower.  Height 75cm. Will happily self-seed or you can collect for later sowings. Perennial but will die back. Download sowing guide 

• Sow under-cover from 4-8 weeks before the last frost through to July, cover seeds very lightly with vermiculite and expect germination within 2 – 6 weeks at 15 to 20 °C.
• Transplant and grow on gradually acclimatising to outdoor conditions.
• Seeds sown late will over-winter under glass / cover.
• Aquilegias will readily re-seed and can be sown direct to borders or in wild / natural grass areas.
• Feeding is unnecessary unless the soil is exceptionally poor. An aquilegia should not need staking, but an overfed plant will flop.