Classic Gardening Magazine
Gardening as it ought to be
A flower with 50s fins
Aquilegia
is one of the plants that has made its home in my undesigned garden. I
popped in a few varieties years ago and they have stayed. But
interbreeding seems to have drained them of colour so that most of the
plants that pop up where they will are now white.
Aquilegia
is one of the plants that has made its home in my undesigned garden. I
popped in a few varieties years ago and they have stayed. But
interbreeding seems to have drained them of colour so that most of the
plants that pop up where they will are now white. 
So, to bring some variety back, we planted a packet of Aqulegia Canadensis seed a couple of years ago.
These have amazing flowers, a cross between the fins and lights on a
50s Cadillac and Dan Dare’s space craft. The petals are yellow, and
they carry a floral afterburner of four red, trailing, tubular tail
fins.
