aquilegia x 'blue bird' (columbine)
$16.95
- upward-facing flowers over compact foliage
- bicoloured flowers with light blue sepals and white petals
- fern-like gray-green foliage
- bloom time: late spring to early summer
- zone 3
- height 45-50cm
- spread 25-30cm
- colour blue
- aqauilegia is an easy to grow perennial
- grows best in an average to moist, well-drained soil
- deadheading will help promote more blooms
- they are somewhat susceptible to leaf miner and sawfly, which disfigure the foliage
- as the plants usually wane in midsummer, it is safe to cut them down, to prevent self-seeding
- extended periods of drought may cause aquilegia to go into dormancy
- full sun to partial shade
- extended periods of drought may cause aquilegia to go into dormancy
- attracts hummingbirds
- attracts butterflies
- (image courtesy of NVK nurseries, NVK holdings inc.)