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Common Name: | Columbine |
| Scientific Name: | Aquilegia | |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae | |
| Origin: | meadows, open woodland and mountainous area in the N. hemisphere | |
| Leaves: | basal rosettesof long-stalked, deeply 3-lobed or ternate to 3-ternate, often glaucous, blue-green leaves |
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| Flowers: | mainly bell-shaped, with colorful tepals and spurred petals, borne singly or in short panicles on branched leafy stems |
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| Light: | full sun or partial shade |
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| Soil: | fertile, preferably moist but well-drained |
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| Fertilizer: | not needed if soil if soil is fertile |
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| Air humidity: | normal |
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| Watering: | freely |
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| Transplanting: | not necessary |
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| Dimensions: | not more than 1 m |
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| Propagation: | sow seed in containers in a cold frame as soon as ripe or in sping |
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| Life: | perennial |
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| Pests and diseases: | susceptible to powdery mildew, aphids, leaf miners, sawflies and caterpillars |
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| Species and varieties: | A. akitensis, A. alpina, A. bertolonii, A. caerulea, A. canadensis, A. Chrysantha, A. flabellata, A. formosa, A. fragrans, A. galuca, A. jonesii, A. longissima, A. montana, A. reuteri, A. saximontana, A. scopulorum, A viridiflora, A. vulgaris |
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| Tips: | divide named cultivars in spring, although they are slow to recover as the rootstocks resent disturbance |
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| Hardness: | fully hardy |
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