00 (A) Aquilegia McKana seeds 0,5g (882990)

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🌸 Aquilegia ‘McKana Giants’
🌸 Botanical Name: Aquilegia caerulea (McKana Hybrid)
🌸 Type: Hardy Perennial

Aquilegia ‘McKana Giants’ is a classic cottage garden plant, celebrated for its large, nodding, bi-coloured flowers with elegant long spurs. This specially selected mix blooms in a wide range of vibrant colours — including purples, pinks, reds, blues, and yellows — bringing bold height and movement to your spring and early summer borders. Loved by bees and hummingbirds, McKana columbines are perfect for naturalistic, shady, or woodland-style plantings.

🌿 Plant Details

✔ Type: Hardy perennial
✔ Height: 50–80 cm
✔ Spread: 20–30 cm
✔ Flowers: May – July
✔ Position: Full sun to partial shade; moist, well-drained soil

🌱 Growing Information

✔ Sow Indoors/Under Cover: February – April or August – September
✔ Germination: 21–30 days at 15–20°C (may benefit from pre-chilling)
✔ Transplant Outdoors: After last frost
✔ Spacing: 30 cm apart
✔ Care: Water during dry spells; remove spent flower heads to encourage more blooms. Allow to self-seed for naturalised effect.

🌼 Why You’ll Love It

✔ Large, elegant blooms in a vivid, bi-colour mix
✔ Early flowering and long-lasting display
✔ Attracts bees, butterflies, and other pollinators
✔ Ideal for cottage gardens and shady borders

✨ Top Tip

Let a few flower heads go to seed for natural self-sowing — McKana hybrids often give delightful surprises in colour in the second year.

🌷 Perfect For

✔ Cottage gardens and wildflower borders
✔ Shady corners and woodland edges
✔ Pollinator gardens
✔ Naturalistic and informal plantings

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