How to Grow Aquilegia from Seed Complete Guide | How to Collect & Sow Aquilegia (Columbines) Seeds

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@wendybartlett6717 Жыл бұрын

Aquilegia is so lovely and one of the first things to flower in my garden. It's such an easy plant isn't it? I bought my originals from B and Q years ago and they pop up every year all around the garden which I like. I'm off out to pot on my cosmos which is one of my favourite jobs. Everything is so behind this year because of the weather but having been to Anglesey on holiday, the garden seems to have "taken off" in the week. Hope you guys are having a great long weekend. xxx

@MadAboutGardening Жыл бұрын

It's so easy and reliable and we too love it Wendy. We inherited lots in this garden and have grown even more from them and of the 'Black Barlow'. That's great about the original plants coming from B& Q. You only need a few and you've got them for life! Hope your cosmos got potted on okay. Things have definitely burgeoned this past week with the warmer weather. Hope you had a lovely time in Anglesey. It's a lovely scenic island. We've had a good day of filming and have been enjoying the sunshine. Take care xxxx

@Boluna Жыл бұрын

This year I'm growing aquilegia for the first time and I'm so excited! Thank you for this helpful video

@MadAboutGardening Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome. Glad it's helped. Aquilegias are fantastic 👍

@happygnomes5932 3 ай бұрын

Wow what a pleasure to listen to your video sir. You have such a humble voice. Thank you

@MadAboutGardening 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for your kind words, glad you enjoyed the video 😁👍

@NickSBailey 11 ай бұрын

big fan of dark flowers like that, we have a similar one that seeds around in the front garden I sowed years ago I think it was called 'Black Barlow'

@MadAboutGardening 11 ай бұрын

We love the dark flowers too and A. 'Black Barlow' is a stunning one. Quite different from the other colours available. Our second favourite is A. 'Ruby Port' which has deep burgundy flowers.

@TB-cy1wt Жыл бұрын

This black aquilegia mingling through your border will be stunning! Learning so much about seeds from your videos. My baby cosmos are putting on their true leaves. Only had one that didn't make it. Aquilegias are definately on my list! I ordered some pink swamp milkweed seeds to help the Monarchs here in the USA. I believe I have to cold stratify them. I have a feeling this will be an advanced seed adventure! Wish me luck!

@MadAboutGardening Жыл бұрын

We're looking forward to seeing them all flower. It's lovely to hear you're learning from our videos, that makes us so happy. This is the reason we enjoy making videos so much. Seeing seeds germinate and grow on to little plants is so rewarding. That's so interesting about the swamp milkweed and good you're growing it for the monarchs. We've never seen that before. Let us know how you get on with it. Good luck 👍

@ButterFlyWeed-w4s Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this detailed video. Did you store your July seeds in a greenhouse or in the house until may? Or could I plant the collect seeds directly where I want the plant for next year?

@MadAboutGardening Жыл бұрын

You're welcome Syille. The collected seeds were stored inside somewhere cool. The ones we sown in July were left outdoors. I would suggest saving some seed and sowing some too. For the ones you sow, you can use trays or sow direct where you want them. If the ones you sow this year fail, you have the collected seed to fall back on to plant in spring.

@ButterFlyWeed-w4s Жыл бұрын

@@MadAboutGardening It's me again. I was looking at my flowers and I can't really tell the difference between the pollen and the seeds... can you give me a tip ... Thank you

@MadAboutGardening Жыл бұрын

@Sybille Roger Hi Sybille, when the flowers have finished they will begin to set seed. You'll know when the seeds are ready to collect and sow by giving the seedhead a shake. The round black seeds will rattle and will freely come out of the twisted seed pods. This will be around July time. Hope this helps.

@duncanglen3452 2 ай бұрын

Do you think they may have been better off stored as seed over winter and siwn in the springtime ? I have seeds collected from this year and planned to keep them till spring. I might do 50/50 ? Cheers

@MadAboutGardening 2 ай бұрын

@duncanglen3452 Hi Duncan, we've found better germination with aquilegias after a period of cold stratification so try sowing some later in autumn or winter and let them get the cold through the winter and they will germinate in the spring when the weather warms up. Hope this helps.

@duncanglen3452 2 ай бұрын

@@MadAboutGardening Thank you

@ruthgreen7424 2 ай бұрын

I'm in wa australia and would love to grow aquiligia flowers but not having much land I was told they won't grow in pots or shade can you help please

@MadAboutGardening 2 ай бұрын

We haven't found a problem growing them in pots and in shade. I'm not familiar with your climate but would suggest just giving them a go. They are such lovely plants it's worth a try.

@phoebehope6549 7 ай бұрын

When did you plant them out in the garden?

@MadAboutGardening 7 ай бұрын

Following pricking them out into the module trays, they were then potted up into larger pots when they had grown some more. They were planted out later that summer into the garden. Thanks for watching.

@chrischupp9760 10 ай бұрын

Thought you have to stratify the seeds first

@MadAboutGardening 10 ай бұрын

Some of the seeds germinated after sowing but the majority germinated after going through the winter so yes, stratification certainly helps

@janettidswell2092 2 ай бұрын

@@MadAboutGardening Paul, those seeds that you left in the open over winter - how do you stop the seed trays from blowing over when it is very windy? Just collected my aquilegia seeds today, purple and pale pink look lovely together so I am going to sow some and leave them outside following your instructions.

@MadAboutGardening 2 ай бұрын

@janettidswell2092 The wind is a pain and last year blew over our mini greenhouse which spoilt a lot of our plants we were overwintering. With the aquilegia, I put them wedged with lots of other trays and containers and as the tray wasn't very high, they didn't move even in high wind. Try and find somewhere sheltered like by the house wall as that's usually a safe place to store them. Pink and purple will be beautiful together, good luck with them Janet.

@janettidswell2092 2 ай бұрын

@@MadAboutGardening Will do, thank you.