Aquilegia (Ranuculaceae)
Columbine is an invaluable perennial. Grown for foliage and pretty, spurred flowers that are elegant and span the rainbow of colors. Likes a light, but moist, fertile soil and can stand partial shade, though in the north, full sun is best. Flowers early summer and responds well to a spring fertilizing. We mostly grow the vulgaris species. The caerulea are better flowering, lots of colors on strong 30 in. stems. The vulgaris, however, tend to hold their foliage better, making it an all around better landscaping plant. All make excellent cut flowers. Columbines are not very long lived. They seem to fade after five or six years, often discreetly replaced by seedlings that tend to revert back to species forms.
AVAILABLE THIS YEAR
A. canadensis - Native North American species. Red flower with pale yellow interior.
A. vulgaris var. stellata plena ‘Nora Barlow’ - Deep pink double, spurless flowers with green edging.
A. vulgaris var. stellata plena ‘Ruby Port’ - As above in deep red.
A. vulgaris var. stellata plena ‘Blue Barlow’ - As above in blue-violet.
A. crysantha ‘Yellow Queen’ - Southwest native, golden yellow, spurred flowers.
Sold in 4” pots
Columbine is an invaluable perennial. Grown for foliage and pretty, spurred flowers that are elegant and span the rainbow of colors. Likes a light, but moist, fertile soil and can stand partial shade, though in the north, full sun is best. Flowers early summer and responds well to a spring fertilizing. We mostly grow the vulgaris species. The caerulea are better flowering, lots of colors on strong 30 in. stems. The vulgaris, however, tend to hold their foliage better, making it an all around better landscaping plant. All make excellent cut flowers. Columbines are not very long lived. They seem to fade after five or six years, often discreetly replaced by seedlings that tend to revert back to species forms.
AVAILABLE THIS YEAR
A. canadensis - Native North American species. Red flower with pale yellow interior.
A. vulgaris var. stellata plena ‘Nora Barlow’ - Deep pink double, spurless flowers with green edging.
A. vulgaris var. stellata plena ‘Ruby Port’ - As above in deep red.
A. vulgaris var. stellata plena ‘Blue Barlow’ - As above in blue-violet.
A. crysantha ‘Yellow Queen’ - Southwest native, golden yellow, spurred flowers.
Sold in 4” pots
Columbine is an invaluable perennial. Grown for foliage and pretty, spurred flowers that are elegant and span the rainbow of colors. Likes a light, but moist, fertile soil and can stand partial shade, though in the north, full sun is best. Flowers early summer and responds well to a spring fertilizing. We mostly grow the vulgaris species. The caerulea are better flowering, lots of colors on strong 30 in. stems. The vulgaris, however, tend to hold their foliage better, making it an all around better landscaping plant. All make excellent cut flowers. Columbines are not very long lived. They seem to fade after five or six years, often discreetly replaced by seedlings that tend to revert back to species forms.
AVAILABLE THIS YEAR
A. canadensis - Native North American species. Red flower with pale yellow interior.
A. vulgaris var. stellata plena ‘Nora Barlow’ - Deep pink double, spurless flowers with green edging.
A. vulgaris var. stellata plena ‘Ruby Port’ - As above in deep red.
A. vulgaris var. stellata plena ‘Blue Barlow’ - As above in blue-violet.
A. crysantha ‘Yellow Queen’ - Southwest native, golden yellow, spurred flowers.
Sold in 4” pots