• Aquilegia Nora Barlow flower with double green to pink blooms in a cottage garden setting.
  • Aquilegia Nora Barlow flower with pink double blooms and pale green tips, ideal for cottage gardens.
  • Aquilegia Nora Barlow blooming in a garden, showcasing lush double blooms in green, pink, and fading white.
  • Close-up of Aquilegia Nora Barlow flower with pink and green double blooms in a garden setting.
  • Aquilegia Nora Barlow flowers showcasing pale green to pink double blooms ideal for cottage gardens.
  • RHS Plants for Pollinators logo featuring a bee on a yellow background.
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Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden

Aquilegia Nora Barlow

£2.50
£2.50
Tax included.

A delightful aquilegia and perfect for a cottage garden border.

Upright and attractive with gorgeous double blooms that open from pale green to pink and fade to white towards the tips of the petals.  The bees adore them, and they make excellent cut flowers too.

Deadhead regularly if you don't want them to self-seed.

Germination can be erratic and slow. Sometimes a period of cold stratification is needed, so it can help to put the seeds in the fridge for a week or so before sowing.

Quantity of Seeds 50 Seeds
Type Perennial
Genus Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata
Sow Seeds

February-May undercover and keep at 15-20 degrees in light conditions.  Sow onto the surface of the seed compost and cover with a thin layer of vermiculite.  Germination can be erratic and slow. Sometimes a period of cold stratification is needed before sowing. Transplant seedlings into pots and grow on.
Plant Out Harden off before planting out
Flowers July-October
Height & Spread 75cm high x 45cm spread

 

Aquilegia Nora Barlow

RHS Plants for Pollinators

The RHS Plants for Pollinators mark is only given to plants that support pollinating insects.
    Aquilegia Nora Barlow flower with double green to pink blooms in a cottage garden setting.
    Aquilegia Nora Barlow flower with pink double blooms and pale green tips, ideal for cottage gardens.
    Aquilegia Nora Barlow blooming in a garden, showcasing lush double blooms in green, pink, and fading white.
    Close-up of Aquilegia Nora Barlow flower with pink and green double blooms in a garden setting.
    Aquilegia Nora Barlow flowers showcasing pale green to pink double blooms ideal for cottage gardens.
    RHS Plants for Pollinators logo featuring a bee on a yellow background.