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Aquilegia vulgaris 'Pom Pom Mixed'

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Family: Ranunculaceae (ra-nun-kew-LAY-see-ee) (Info)
Genus: Aquilegia (a-kwi-LEE-jee-a) (Info)
Species: vulgaris (vul-GAIR-iss) (Info)
Cultivar: Pom Pom Mixed

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Category:
Perennials

Height:
12-18 in. (30-45 cm)
18-24 in. (45-60 cm)

Spacing:
15-18 in. (38-45 cm)
18-24 in. (45-60 cm)

Hardiness:
USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F)
USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F)
USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F)
USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F)
USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F)
USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F)
USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)

Sun Exposure:
Sun to Partial Shade
Light Shade

Danger:
Seed is poisonous if ingested

Bloom Color:
Pale Pink
Pink
Rose/Mauve
Light Blue
Medium Blue
Dark Blue
Blue-Violet
Violet/Lavender
Purple
Maroon (Purple-Brown)
White/Near White
Cream/Tan

Bloom Time:
Mid Spring
Late Spring/Early Summer

Foliage:
Deciduous
Smooth-Textured

Other details:
This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds
Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
Self-sows freely; deadhead if you do not want volunteer seedlings next season

Soil pH requirements:
6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic)
6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)

Patent Information:
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Propagation Methods:
From seed; direct sow outdoors in fall
From seed; winter sow in vented containers, coldframe or unheated greenhouse
From seed; stratify if sowing indoors

Seed Collecting:
Allow pods to dry on plant; break open to collect seeds
Seed does not store well; sow as soon as possible

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Gardeners' Notes:

Rating	Author	Comment
Neutral	Baa	On May 12, 2004, Baa wrote: These Pom Pom forms are known to have occured in Victorian times and were almost lost to cultivation during the mid 20th century. Can bear up to 16 tiers of petals (possibly more) and while double and treble forms are relatively common in A. vulgaris, to be a Pom Pom type they must bear many more tiers. The flowers that occur in the garden here, tend to have around 7 to 12 tiers or petals, more usually 9. As the flower matures, it becomes more outward facing. I bought the first Pom Pom a number of years ago, it flowered once and died, since then we've had a number of Pom Pom types occur, they seem to regularly cross well with a rather dark purple form that has a tendancy for triple tiers. We've had colours ranging from soft pink, cerise, blue and dark purple, occasionally a white picotee occurs on the dark purple forms, other colours are known in cultivation. They have the same growing requirements as the normal A. vulgaris, however, the seed collected from the plants tend to be sterile, just a few from a whole batch will germinate. Often the resulting seedlings will be double or triple tiers but we have several of these and while they aren't very long lived, they normally produce 1 or 2 Pom Pom types that will grow and flower every two years or so.

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