Plant Care GuidesPerennials | Bulbs | Trees and Shrubs |
Vegetables | Fruits | Herbs With beautiful bell-shaped flowers,
columbine is an excellent garden perennial with many colorful
hybrid varieties to choose from. About This PlantColumbine (also
known as Granny's bonnet) is known for its distinctive, bell-
shaped, spurred flowers, which bloom from mid-spring to early
summer. Though individual plants are short-lived, lasting only
two to three years, columbine self-seeds prolifically and will
persist in the garden with volunteer seedlings. With a wide
choice of hybrid varieties, colors range from light pastels to
bright yellow, red, orange and purple selections. The plant
foliage is has an attractive lacey appearance. Special
FeaturesAquilegia 'Snow Queen' is well known for its striking ,
pure white spurred flowers. Aquilegia vulgaris 'Adelaide
Addison' displays bi-color white and blue flowers in the early
summer. Aquilegia vulgaris 'Nora Barlow' has attractive double
spurless flowers in red, pink and pale gre