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Posted by rross NSW Aust (My Page) on Sat, Aug 21, 04 at 6:01
| I was recently given an aquilegia seedling. Could anyone tell me how big these things get? Can they be grown in containers? If so, how big does the container need to be? I don't know what kind of aquilegia it is - just some ordinary one sold by Bunnings. All I've done with this plant so far is keep it in a take-away container and fertilise it once a week with Thrive (fruit and flowers). How long does it take them to bloom? Thanks for any info. |
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| The biggest ones grow 80cm high 45cm wide, there are smaller ones mostly 50-60cm high 30cm wide. They like the moist soil in hot weather, part shade,fertilize in the Spring, if you keep doing it once a week you may only get leaves not flowers. They are a perennial, after flowering cut the flower stems down back to the leaves. They flower about Nov-Dec. MM |
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- Posted by rross NSW Aust (My Page) on
Sat, Aug 21, 04 at 23:40
| Thanks, MM, for your info. Do you reckon it would do well in a bucket-sized container? I know I can't keep it in the take-away container for much longer. |
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| I dont know what size container to plant them in, as I planted mine in the garden as a little bulb type of thing when I lived in Melb. You are supposed to plant them 15-20cms apart so I would say a bucket size may be a bit on the big side, you would be able to see how big the roots are try and work it out from there, maybe a 20cm pot would be ok, as the width of the leaves would be bigger than the width of the roots. I am only going by other bulbs I have grown in pots, so I cannot say if it is right. MM. |
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- Posted by sebd VIC Aust (My Page) on
Mon, Aug 23, 04 at 7:52
Hi Rross
They are usually very hardy. I don't think I have ever fertilized mine. Given your fertilizing it could be that you may get flowers the first year. I thought that the first year was only leaf. They are a useful addition to the garden because you can spread the seed around. I would be interested to know if you do get any flowers this year. The seed can also be variable in colour. I started out with blues and then had mauve, pink and eventually white. I should also mention that mine came up in some of my containers, eg 16inch diameter pots which had roses in them. Good luck. |
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