To take full advantage of this site, please enable your browser's JavaScript feature.
Learn how
The Good Seed Company
Home
>
Flowers
>
Columbine - Colorado
Our Price:
$
3.25
Quantity in Stock:9
Availability:
Usually Ships in 1 to 2 Business Days
Product Code:
1023
Qty:
Description
Planting Instructions
Tips
This exquisitely delicate alpine columbine is native to our Rocky Mountains. Blue and lavender spurs are beautifully offset by a white corolla and yellow stamen. Early blooming perennial that grows to about 2.5 ft. Hummingbirds and other pollinators love them. Wildflower for naturalizing. Good permaculture, polyculture and homestead garden plant.
Direct seed into the garden after the last frost, plant 1" apart, 1/4" deep, thin to 12" apart. germination 3-4 weeks at 70-80℉ . Chill seeds at 40℉ or below for 4-5 days before planting. Columbines like moist fertile soil, and partial shade.
wonderful cut flower; beautiful maiden fern-like foliage
deer don’t seem fond of this plant
self-seeds readilly
faster germination trick: spread seed on damp paper towel, fold, put in fridge inside zip-lock bag for 2 wks before planting
Additional Information
Variety: Columbine-Colorado
Latin Name: Aquilegia caerulea
Seed Count: 50
Plant Cycle: Perennial
Days to Germinate: 7-28
Days to Harvest: 60-80
Farm Type:
Ecologically Farmed
Planting Seasons: Spring
Seed Type: Heirloom, Open Pollinated
Cold Hardy: Yes
Seed Saving Level: Intermediate
Seed Storage : About 4-6+ years, when properly stored (cool, dry, dark)
Related Items
Coreopsis
Bachelor Buttons
"BreadSeed" Poppy Mix
Sweet Alyssum
Our Price:
$3.25
Our Price:
$3.25
Our Price:
$3.25
Our Price:
$3.25
Sweet Pea
Sunflower - Mammoth
Snapdragon
Larkspur
Our Price:
$3.25
Our Price:
$3.25
Our Price:
$3.25
Our Price:
$3.25
Share your knowledge of this product.
Be the first to write a review »
Nav Menu 2
Our Guarantee
Shipping
Site Help / FAQ
Resources and Links
14 Five Earth
Seed Sources
Photo Credits
Click for
Good Seed Blog