This is the true alpine columbine which grows on Europe's high meadows and mountain slopes. Large navy blue flowers on dividing strong stems able to stand the strong winds appear in May, June and July. ... Learn More

Dark purple to black flowers with unusually prominent yellow stamens open from May to August. This lovely, long-lived, true alpine species, grows in high rocky places, sometimes in limestone areas, but makes a superb garden plant. ... Learn More

One of the very smallest and rarest of this lovely group of plants, this tiny delight bears short stems carrying disproportionately large, ink-blue flowers, above prostrate, miniature, rubbery, blue-grey leaves. ... Learn More

This dwarf plant features bi-coloured flowers of dusky plum-purple and soft creamy yellow, over a mound of ferny light-green foliage. Perfect for the rock garden, for the border's edge or even in containers and troughs. Columbines have been grown in gardens for centuries, and in warmer countries hummingbirds will often drop in to sip nectar from the flowers. ... Learn More

An elegant and beautiful plant carrying sprays of deep red-spurred, lemon-yellow flowers. The bright cloud of blooms atop a patch of these is an unforgettable sight. ... Learn More

A delightful clump-forming herbaceous perennial with finely-divided foliage, from late spring to early summer it bears large, long-spurred, fragrant, nodding, pale lemon flowers. It is a perennial herbaceous plant native to the south western United States from extreme southern Utah to Texas and north western Mexico. ... Learn More

Large, flared, outward-facing pink flowers, almost identical to those of a clematis, are held proudly facing outwards on our most admired aquilegia. We have heard visitors disputing that these lovely plants were in fact aquilegias. ... Learn More

Dividing sprays of bright blue, centred by bunches of golden anthers, resemble nothing so much as flared clematis flowers! These lovely plants improve yearly, dying down underground safely each autumn. ... Learn More

This choice selection is from the range in our catalogue plus other colours and forms collected from our cottage garden. Gently scatter very, very thinly, where you would like to see them flower and they will reward you with a lovely swathe of colour. ... Learn More

One of the smallest of all aquilegias with elegant blue and cream flowers on tiny stems above delicate rosettes of finely cut leaves. A bone hardy and exquisite dwarf plant. ... Learn More

This pretty little alpine aquilegia comes in the most delicate shade of blue with slightly rounded outer petals. Best grown on a scree or rockery where it cannot be overshadowed by larger plants or even in a container. ... Learn More

A fantastic mix of frilly pom pom double Aquilegia with the attractive fan shaped foliage of A Flabellata. Colours ranging from red to pink to blues and violets. Perennial and long lived and suitable for many areas of the garden. ... Learn More

Compact rosettes of rubbery grey fan-shaped leaves are the perfect foil for the compact sprays of large, spurred flowers which come in white, pastel pink or blue and white bicolor. ... Learn More

This is an outstanding dwarf variety of columbine from Japan, where it is also known as the Fan columbine after the rounded, curved shape of the leaves. This delightful dwarf cultivar blooms a earlier than most columbines, opening its first flowers in April and continuing on for several weeks. The blooms are disproportionately large, with bright blue sepals with a white corolla, each flower being topped with prominent horns and appearing on short stems above compact, attractive fan-shaped foliage. ... Learn More

This is a completely unique form of aquilegia leaf variegation on an Aquilegia flabellata hybrid! Many years ago we noticed a plant which produced striking cream edging on young foliage. In early summer this new plant is an arresting talking point, the blue and white short stemmed flowers putting icing on the cake. ... Learn More