Aquilegia spp

Columbine

Aquilegia spp

CA Native

Care:

Partial Shade
Low
Most Soils

Look:

Small
size
Blue
leaves
Gray Green
leaves
Green
leaves
Purple
flowers
Red
flowers
Blooming seasons:
Spring | Summer
Life cycle:
Annual | Perennial
Foliage:
Herbaceous

This woodland perennial has blue-green, deeply divided leaves and delicate, nodding flowers. Leave spent flowers to form seed heads for a crop of new seedlings. There are many species and hybrids, but the red-and-yellow flowering Aquilegia formosa (western columbine) is perhaps the most fitting for gardens in Sonoma and Marin. Excellent companion for other shade-loving plants such as coffeeberry and currants.

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