Aquilegia canadensis
Wild Columbine
- Hardiness: Zone :
- 4
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
- Geography:
- Native
- Light:
- Sun/Part Shade, Shade/Part Sun, Shade
- Growth Rate:
- Fast, Moderate
- Moisture:
- Moderately Wet to Moderately Dry, Dry to Occasionally Moist
- Special Features:
- Attracts Hummingbirds, Deer Resistant
- Container Sizes:
- 1-gallon, 2-gallon
- Mature Height:
- 3'
- Mature Spread:
- 2'
One of those elite perennials graced with elegant beauty and hardscrabble toughness. Ferny rosettes emerge in early spring; the long-spurred, nodding red and yellow flowers stretch into bloom ahead of many other garden perennials. Often found in the wild on shale cliffs, roadcuts and in rocky soil in dappled shade, columbines can handle any conditions except permanent standing water. Like white wood aster, they do well in dry shade but really turn it on in good soil. Self sows passively, allowing you time to decide where you want new seedlings to establish, and which ones to eradicate.
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