The world has very few perfumed aquilegias and this is without doubt the most fragrant species. Enormous creamy flowers, absolutely dripping with nectar, in midsummer. Rare, choice and sumptious. The odd hybrid may appear, but all are superb. ... Learn More

Proportionately huge, almost stemless, pale blue and white flowers, hover above compact clumps of fern-like, blue-green leathery leaves. This is one of the very choicest of the dwarf aquilegias. ... Learn More

A quite large flowered and reasonably tall Columbine, this is one which stands out in amongst the many flowers surrounding it. It is usually found in sub alpine regions in Iran, parts of the Balkans and in the Caucasus. Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. ... Learn More

Related to Aquilegia alpina, but distinctly shorter, with deep purple-blue flowers in July and August, this gem is quite suitable for the rock garden. In the wild it is found in stony grass, scree or boulders, on limestone, from about 1600m to about 2600m and is distinguished from Aquilegia vulgaris by its straight spurs, not rolled ones, and stamens shorter than the petals. ... Learn More

A choice and absolutely exquisite dwarf columbine bearing disproportionately large blue and white flowers on short stems on very compact, glaucous-leaved plants. Superb in a rockery or container. ... Learn More

An exquisite dwarf from the Rocky Mountains, having irregular and surprisingly large for its size, long-spurred, showy, blue-violet flowers with one inch spurs. It will do of its best if grown in a moist but well drained soil in sun or partial shade. ... Learn More

A fantastic mix of double, divided, star shaped Grannies Bonnets ranging from white through shades of pink and red, all being equally attractive, atop elegant ferny foliage. They are hardy, herbaceous, and will gently seed with time. ... Learn More

This elegant,rare and choice Siberian plant produces delicate sprays of very sweetly perfumed green-skirted flowers with intriguing chocolate-brown centres from late spring onwards. These neatly compact plants are collector's items and are perfect for borders and rockeries. Very few seeds are ever collected. ... Learn More

The distilled essence from our beds of Aquilegia 'Alchemists Mix'. We have separated out the most different and impressive specimens, including dwarf golden and variegated leaf forms, some of which have pom-pom flowers and are fragrant. These utterly new plants are definitely the pot of gold at the end of this line of breeding. ... Learn More

Seeds collected from our 'bizarre aquilegia' and 'unusual oddities' beds in the trial grounds, including some new very dwarf variegated and coloured foliage forms. No-one has ever seen plants like some of these before, so do our further trialling for us. Let us know if anything amazing turns up! ... Learn More

Large deep blue flowers open on long stems above strong clumps of strong green maiden-hair foliage. This selection from Pink Flamingo is very vigorous and will happily self-seed making attractive drifts wherever it is allowed. ... Learn More

Selected here many years ago, sprays of icing pink pom-poms hover gracefully above the burnished, bright golden foliage. This lovely form looks fabulous as a massed planting and is completely trouble-free, improving yearly. ... Learn More

Perhaps the first green clematis-flowered aquilegia. A superlative form which we have selected here at Plant World. Compressed buds open pale lime green slowly fading to a creamy green sliced-apple colour, before finally ageing to cream. ... Learn More

Sprays of dark blue flowers gently brushed paler around the edge of each petal, adorn this rare columbine in spring and early summer, above a compact display of blue-green, basal 'maidenhair' foliage. We have also been advised that this may be a different species, possibly a form of Aquilegia kuhistanica. ... Learn More

In about 1990 we developed this plant, the world's first golden foliage aquilegia to come almost 100% true from seed with new foliage that appears to glow in a shaded spot. Flowers can range from pure white through shades of pink and reds to many forms of blue and mauve. ... Learn More