Aquilegia variety
For 20 plus years I have had aquilegia propagating in my garden, from some original seeds given to me by a friend from her garden. They have become a joyous array of colour without any interference from me. This year I noticed an oddity amongst them and I wondered what variety it might be. I am adding photos to see if anyone can give me some information regarding this please.
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They are lovely things, aren't they? It's just a hybrid, a chance variation from seed, the result of pollen brought in from a plant somewhere else by a mischievous bee.
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Thank you so much for your reply. I love the idea of a mischievous bee, it has given me such pleasure in a charmingly simply flower. You are so right, they are lovely and a joy. The bees are having a great time collecting at the moment so maybe I will be lucky enough to get a few other odd hybrids. I shall just enjoy them from now on and not puzzle any more. Thank you again.
That open type flower are described as clematiflora. They are shaped like clematis flowers. They do not have the spurs on that more usual aquilegias have.
And there lies the clue to their family - buttercups. An amazing variation among so many garden flowers, anemone, clematis, aquilegia, helleborus, delphinium, aconitum, thalictrum . . . . Gardens would look bare without buttercups!
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figetbones thanks for your post about the open type being described as clematiflora. I have some pale lilac ones and they put me in mind of Clematis, it's good to know it's not just me who thinks that.