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Quintessentially charming variety of aquilegia with sweetly scented flowers from May to June. Aquilegia ‘Chocolate Soldier’ has smaller, pale green outer petals with chocolate purple inner petals and dark, straight spurs to the rear with long, illuminating yellow anthers to the fore. Sure to cause a stir in any garden and a striking member of this large family of charming, cottage garden plants.With its handsome looks Aquilegia ‘Chocolate Soldier’ is ideal for inclusion in a vase as well as settling in herbaceous borders, rockeries or wildlife gardens. Flowers are an enticement to pollinators which beneficially fill an often scant period in the garden which crosses between the spring bulbs fading and the burst of summer blooms. Aquilegia ‘Chocolate Soldier’ is a hardy, herbaceous perennial which likes a spot in full sun or partial shade. Plant in a moist, well-drained soil of any type and ‘Chocolate Soldier’ will reach a height and spread of 30cm.
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Key Information
| Latin Name | Aquilegia Chocolate Soldier bare root |
|---|---|
| Common Name | Columbine, Granny’s Bonnet |
| Hardiness | H5 (-10 to -15°C) |
| Colour | Purple |
| Format | Bare Roots |
| Position | Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun |
| Foliage | Deciduous |
| Height in Maturity (m) | 0.30 m |
| Spread in Maturity (m) | 0.30 |
| Soil Conditions | Chalk Clay Loam Sand |
| Soil Acidity | Acid Alkaline Neutral |
| Aspect | East-facing, North-facing, South-facing, West-facing |
| Scented | Yes |
| Good for pots | Yes |
| Good for Rockeries | Yes |
| Good for wildlife | Yes |
| Good for pollinators | Yes |
| Good for cutting | Yes |
