Columbine
Aquilegia
Common Name: Columbine
Genus: Aquilegia
Category: Perennials
Height: 0.70 m (70 cm)
Spread: 0.50 m (50 cm)
Hardiness: Hardy
Growth Rate: Average
Flowering Period: May to July
Long Flowering Period
Foliage Type: Deciduous
Foliage Colour: Blue/Green
Flower Colour: Purple, Pink, Red, White, Yellow
Sun/Shade: Full sun or Partial shade
Soil Type: Normal/Loam or Sandy/Light or Chalky/Alkaline
Soil Moisture: Moist, but well drained
Features: Long flowering period
Aquilegia are grown for their attractive bell-shaped pendulous flowers that are produced in late spring and early summer. There are many hybrids and cultivars. There are a wide range of flower colours including purple, yellow, pink, white and red. Some cultivars have bi-coloured flowers.
The flowers are produced on upright flower stalks which range in height between 30cm and 75cm. If you allow Aquilegia to self-seed around the garden they will cross and surprise you with a display of varying new shades annually. Aquilegia have greenish-blue lobed basal leaves.
Some cultivars have variegated leaves.
Similar Plants:
Granny's bonnet
Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata 'Black Barlow'
Granny's bonnet
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Nivea'
Columbine
Aquilegia 'Kristall'
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