Description
Wild Columbine Seeds (Aquilegia canadensis) produce delicate, nodding red and yellow flowers that attract hummingbirds and bees. This North American native thrives in partial shade to full sun, adapting well to woodlands, rock gardens, and meadows. Drought-tolerant and deer-resistant, it self-seeds for naturalized growth, bringing long-lasting beauty to any landscape.
It flowers in late spring (June) offering bright color before summer flowers start showing off their stuff. Wild Columbine reaches 2.5-3’ tall and is a biennial which means that it will bloom during it’s second summer. Interestingly, the differing floral shapes of red flowered columbines, especially the spurs, have resulted from their adaptation and selection to different species of hummingbirds as pollinators. Once established, Columbine can self-propagate for years by self-seeding into bare soil. Seed are Upper Midwest genotype.
Photo credit: Matt Demmon.
