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My aquilegias seem to be much taller than usual this year- about 4 ft compared to the usual 2ft. As a result, some of the flower stems got blown down in the wind. Any ideas what might cause them to be so tall & flimsy? I've never had to support them before.

Mine are usually 3-4 foot even the self sown ones on my neighbours unkempt allotment, looking very pretty at the moment, as I went round rooting out all the dandelions before they flowered, the salsify as also opened! and the leftover spinach beet!
Perhaps they just got off to a better start, nicer soil? Have you moved them around?
???

I  find they usually need support if it's windy, too. Perhaps yours were putting down roots in earlier years?

My aquis are taller than usual, I put it down to those couple of days of balmy weather we had last week  :)

Dunno about aquilegias, but my rhubarb is bigger and jucier than it's ever been before.

I would guess it has something to do with 'light levels' things are a lot later(at least in my neck of the woods) this year.

Agree about the rhubarb Robert - had a rotten crop last year, too - one meal, as I recall :( I've already started freezing my surplus and still it comes :D

Yep, was thinking that my aquis seemed a bit more prominent. Didn't think much about it, but interesting to find that others have the same.

Guess I'll just have to remember to stake them next year. I've got tons of rhubarb, too.