What is this one please ?

Hi. PlantNet says aquilegia canadensis which on further research I don’t think is correct.
It’s growing in my garden border and was here when we moved in. It’s less than half the height of most aquilegias I’ve had before and has quite different flowers …
Can anyone do better than PlantNet ?

 

It looks like Anemone de caen to me ... the leaves make me feel unsure though so I may be wrong.

 

I think it is an aquilegia. Do you have a photo of the whole plant?

 

It's not Aquilegia, it reminds me of Anemone de caen like Michael said.

 

The leaves look like Aquilegia but the bud doesn't. I can't see that it has spurs like an Aquilegia flower ... so I don't know.
Could you wait until the flower opens and then there'd be a better chance of identifying it.

 

Yes .. one here pp
I’m pretty sure it’s not an anemone de Caen ..

 

That definitely looks like an aquilegia to me - there are lots of hybrids and they can vary quite a lot in height and appearance.

 

There is such a thing as semi aquilegia -
Buy Semiaquilegia adoxoides

 

They look so graceful, @AnniD. Every year I’m looking forward to seeing how aquilegias flowers turn out and I’m always surprised. I can definitely see some spurs on this one though.

 

Anemone de caen gets my vote.
Aquilegia even in bud show the spurs.






Doesn't look right for Semiaquilegia.

 

The spurs are there; they are just hard to see…

 

The white one tells you why one old name is Doves at the Fountain.
Definitely an aquilegia. There are hundreds of hybrids as they cross readily. Unfortunately the posh ones gradually die out and the common pink or purple ones take over in my garden. They come up like weeds too.

 

Well I thought aquilegia when I first saw it .. it’s just that I’ve never had any as low and bushy as that before. I don’t think it’s an anemone but I’m not putting myself up as any sort of expert !