Aquilegia skinneri ‘Tequila Sunrise’

Beautiful spring to summer-flowering perennial with tall stems and soft red and yellow flowers

Established plants in 2 litre containers`

Description

Aquilegia skinneri ‘Tequila Sunrise’ (Columbine or Granny’s Bonnet) is a really unusual but lovely variant of the classic Columbine. Unlike the usual blues and purples of the Aquilegia vulgaris, Aquilegia skinneri ‘Tequila Sunrise’ has bi-coloured flowers with soft, apricot-red petals and pale yellow centres. The foliage is much the same as the classic plant with attractively divided leaves that provide a great foil for flowers later in the season – similar to Thalictrums little else has similar foliage so we find it makes for great texture and contrast in mixed borders later in the season. Usefully the plant also flowers over a much longer period of time, in our experience, than common Aquilegias, continuing to reflower often deep into summer.
These established, garden-ready plants have been grown at our nursery in Cornwall and are provided in 2 litre containers. They will grow to an ultimate height of about 60cm (24 inches) and a spread of around 40cm (16 inches).

Growing Advice

Aquilegias are easy plants to grow. They do best in partial shade conditions in soil that is well-drained but doesn’t dry out completely – they work well in woodland schemes and in areas that get spring sunshine before the leaves of trees and shrubs are fully out. If the foliage gets tatty in summer, it can be cut back and will send up fresh foliage through summer and into autumn. It can take a full season or so to establish a full-sized clump. This cultivar prefers a little more sun than other variants, and is also, in our experience, not quite as hardy – so avoiding siting in the deepest frost pockets for reliable returns year after year.

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