Oh yeah, the colors of aquilegia have the most varied colors, from gently pink to blue or yellow, and will undoubtedly become an ornament of any flowerbed.
Selecting a landing location
The plant is quite sensitive to direct sunlight, and even more so in the hot summer, too strong direct sunlight can destroy the plant. So when choosing a place for planting this plant should be guided by a shadow or partial shade. Planting in the catchment in the ground do not forget that the transplantation of the adult plant can not be carried, it has a fairly powerful root system with an abundance of small roots, reaching in depth and in diameter about 70 cm, and it is easy to damage it with this procedure.
Seed collection
Seeds of this plant can be purchased at any flower shop, or you can collect it yourself. If you already have aquilegia on your flower bed, you can prepare seeds for its propagation without any problems. Seed ripening occurs as a rule in early August, it is necessary to collect dried inflorescences and gently extract seeds from them. You can leave the seeds on the bushes, then multiply by self-seeding.
Aquilegia grows better on moist, fertile, drained soils and they love feeding. On heavy soils, aquileges grow worse, and require frequent loosening.
Seed treatment before sowing.
In spring sowing, the seeds of aquilegia require stratification. They should be kept in the refrigerator for 5 to 6 weeks at a temperature of 0 + 6 ° C, as well as heat treatment - the seeds can be kept for a month at high temperatures up to + 34-36 ° C.
