There are dozens of species of Aquilegia, and hundreds of hybrids. The species range from small alpines from high in the mountains to tall plants from woods or meadows, which would be at home in a herbaceous border. The ones we offer include excellent and reliable rock garden plants and others that are unusual or new in cultivation. They come from all round the Northern Hemisphere. See also Semiaquilegia.

Aquilegia oxysepala var. kansuensis has an unusual colour combination, with a colour somewhere between maroon and purple, but with the central cup pale yellow, and spurs that are curved inwards. The variety kansuensis differs from the parent species only in small technical ways.