Grow aquilegias in fertile, moist but well-drained soil in sun to partial shade, in the middle of the border. It’s easy to raise new plants from seed, or buy them as plants at the garden centre. Lift and divide clumps every three to five years and mulch annually with well-rotted manure or compost.

Can you split aquilegia plants?

Not all plants can be divided. Those that make one root – thistles and aquilegias, for example – should be left alone. But the great majority of fibrous and fleshy-rooted subjects that make a series of crowns – primulas, hemerocallis, astrantias and hardy geraniums, say – lend themselves to division.

When can you transplant aquilegia?

when to plant aquilegias Pot grown aquilegia plants can be planted from February to November, although they may establish better in spring.