Aquilegia States Series/Swan Series
The States Series is the tallest of the three series and was developed by PanAmerican Seed by Dr Ellen Leue using material from the Songbird Series as the starting point. It was first introduced under the States Series name by Three Counties Nursery starting in 1999 but is known as the Swan Series in North America. One colour from the Olympia Series has been used to expand the series in Britain.
Award winners in the recent trial were: ‘Georgia’ (= ‘Swan Red and White’) ‘Alaska’ (= 'Swan White') ‘Florida’ (= ‘Swan Yellow’) Close to an award were: ‘Colorado’ (= ‘Swan Violet and White’) ‘Kansas’ (= ‘Olympia Red and Gold’) ‘Virginia’ (= ‘Swan Blue and White’) Sources In Britain plants and seeds are available to home gardeners from Three Counties Nursery, who introduced them and popularised them in Britain, Mr Fothergills Seeds, Nicky’s Nursery and perhaps other mail order seed companies. Search the web for Aquilegia States/Swan Series here. Main Aquilegia page Aquilegia trial Aquilegia Songbird Series Aquilegia Origami Series |
All text ©copyright Graham Rice 1999-2006, All images ©copyright Graham Rice/gardenphotos.com or judywhite/gardenphotos.com 1999-2006. All rights reserved. |