Aquilegia Barlow Series Nora Barlow

Spur less, fully double flowers. The blooms are an attractive blend of pink, white and green. The fully double flowers have no spurs and resemble mini Dahlias. Unlike most Aquilegias, the blooms of Aquilegia 'Nora Barlow' tend to face outward, better showing off their beauty.

The namesake, Nora Barlow was the granddaughter of Charles Darwin. She was an avid gardener, mother of six, and amongst many other life achievements studied genetics, enjoyed hybridising plants and lived to 104. She did not develop this variety but had it named after her by Nurseryman Alan Bloom.

Aquilegias are a cottage garden essential with sweet, nodding flowers and delightfully lacy foliage. Aquilegia 'Black Barlow's' elegant, fern like leaves are mid green. They make a beautiful foil for the fading spring flowering bulbs, as the fresh foliage starts growing in early spring.

Aquilegias thrive in light to moderate shade though, with sufficient moisture will tolerate full sun. The flowers tend to last longer when planted in light shade. Aquilegia should be planted in moist, well drained humus rich soil.

After the initial flowering has finished, cut the stems back to the basal foliage and fertilise for a second round of blooms. Leave the last flowers of the season to form seed heads for future generations of plants. Seedlings are unlikely to flower true to type as they hybridise easily.

The botanical name, Aquilegia stems from the Latin word for Eagle, as the spurs resemble Eagles.

Supplied as: Pots
Size: 10 cm