Columbine
- Botanical Name
- Aquilegia
- Hardiness
- Zones 3 to 9
- Height
- 1 to 3 feet
- Width
- 4 to 18 inches
- Flowers
- Late spring to early summer: yellow, red, pink, blue, purple, white
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Space plants 12 inches apart
- Deadhead to prolong bloom and to prevent reseeding
- Cut back after bloom or mask declining foliage
- Divide in late summer
- Problems
- Leaf miner is common but non life threatening, columbine sawfly, columbine stalk borer
- Varieties
- Biedermeier - 12", short spurs
- McKana Series - popular, 30, vigorous but often short lived
- Songbird - vibrant flower colors, 24"
- Aquilegia vulgaris 'Nora Barlow' - pink and red, double pompom flowers
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