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Hans J

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Aquilegia Pompom flower form
« on: May 14, 2012, 05:12:18 PM »
Before some years I got from a very friendly ( and famous ) person seeds of a Aquilegia with Pompom flowers ...last year the first seedlings start with flower ...in this year all my plants are flowering and they looks great -please look :

Enjoy
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Re: Aquilegia Pompom flower form
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2012, 08:14:49 PM »
Very unusual!
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Re: Aquilegia Pompom flower form
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2012, 07:22:48 PM »
love aquilegias. Have you other color too?
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Re: Aquilegia Pompom flower form
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2012, 07:34:22 PM »
Hi Arykana ,

those Aquilegia had all the same color - it seems the shape and color is good fixed

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Re: Aquilegia Pompom flower form
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2012, 07:36:54 PM »
Interesting
All the aquilegias change colors in my garden. I never know colors before blooming
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Re: Aquilegia Pompom flower form
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2012, 09:58:10 PM »
Hans we call this form Granny's Bonnets after the caps that old ladies used to wear!
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Re: Aquilegia Pompom flower form
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2012, 11:01:57 PM »
Hans i have various colour forms of that kind of double,would you like seed from them.
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Re: Aquilegia Pompom flower form
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2012, 11:33:20 PM »
Here the aquelegias have spread all over and a lot of colours occur too. I once had 'Nora Barlow' and it is still possible to find traces of her in the seedlings. Here is one:
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Re: Aquilegia Pompom flower form
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2012, 08:14:42 AM »
Quote from: Brian Ellis on June 21, 2012, 09:58:10 PM
Hans we call this form Granny's Bonnets after the caps that old ladies used to wear!

Hi Brian ,

never heard before this name ...but this type of Aquilegia flower is in Germany ( so i far know know ) unknown

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Re: Aquilegia Pompom flower form
« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2012, 08:21:44 AM »
Quote from: daveyp1970 on June 21, 2012, 11:01:57 PM
Hans i have various colour forms of that kind of double,would you like seed from them.

Hi Davey ,

thank you for your friendly offer but I will pass ...to many pots with seedlings

Hans
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