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Aquilegia 'Nora Barlow'

Dusky pink and pale green pompoms

Grown by Jack

Hereford

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Aquilegia 'Nora Barlow' Perennial Bedding
Aquilegia 'Nora Barlow' Perennial Bedding

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The highlights

  • Double flowers in a delightful contrast of pinks and pale greens, on tall slender stems
  • Spring and summer flowering from April to July
  • Essential border colour - and shade tolerant too
  • Attractive to bees and butterflies

Description

  • Nora Barlow's beautiful double flowers boast an irresistible combination of dusky pink and pale green petals, emerging on tall, slender stems
  • Long flowering from April to July
  • A very hardy, low-maintenance perennial which virtually looks after itself
  • Grows up to 1m high
  • Essential for a cottage garden border, as an accent plant or in drifts
  • Attracts early pollinators to your garden
  • Named in honour of the geneticist and botanist Emma Nora Barlow, the granddaughter of Charles Darwin

What To Expect

Supplied as:

Premium Plant in 3L Pot
3L Pot

Height on arrival:

Eventual height:

Eventual spread:

10-50cm
Spreads approx 10-50cm
10-50cm
Spreads approx 10-50cm

Time to first crop:

Flower colour:

Pink, green
Pink and pale green double blooms
Pink, green
Pink and pale green double blooms

Habit:

Bushy/upright
Bushy foliage with tall, upright flower stems
Bushy/upright
Bushy foliage with tall, upright flower stems

Hardiness:

Fully hardy
H7 - fully hardy down to -20
Fully hardy
H7 - fully hardy down to -20

Rootstock:

Spacing:

How To Grow

Good pest and disease resistance

May be targeted by aphids and caterpillars - in both cases, remove them by hand and spray the area with soapy water. To prevent powdery mildews, you should space apart the plants adequately to prevent overcrowding and tight, humid conditions. Water at the base into the soil, not on the leaves, and try to prevent the water splashing off the soil and onto the leaves.

Full sun to partial shade

Aquilegia will thrive in full sun and is a useful plant for shadier areas too

Any fertile, well-drained soil

Aquilegia prefers fertile, well-drained soil but will be fine in any normal well-drained soil. If your soil is particularly poor or clay heavy, add some garden compost with perlite to improve drainage.

Prune lightly

Prune away flower stems after the bloom has finished and give the plant a little tidy up in spring to remove any dead leaves.

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