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Columbine EASTERN RED Perennial PartShade Attracts Pollinators Non-GMO 500 Seeds:
$3.98
- Columbine Seeds - EASTERN
- Aquilegia ccanadensis
- A beautiful addition to your garden
- Attracts pollinators, grows well in high elevation areas
- Adaptable to both Sun and Shade
- The name says it all! These native orange Columbine bloom
- throughout the spring!
- This columbine is native from Nova Scotia to Florida and westward to Minnesota and Tennessee. It will generally be found in clearings, wood borders, riverbanks and thickets. The drooping, red and yellow flowers are delicate and endearing.
- LIFE CYCLE: Perennial
- LIGHT REQUIREMENT: Full Sun, Partial Shade
- PLANTING SEASON: Spring, Fall
- COLOR: RED
- DAYS TO MATURITY: 60-90 Days
- PLANT HEIGHT: 1’ to 2’ tall
- PLANT SPACING: 8-10 inches
- PLANTING DEPTH: 1/4 inches
- SOWING METHOD: Direct Sow
- WATER NEEDS: Average
- COLD STRATIFICATION: Yes
- HARDINESS ZONES: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- SHIPS: Year Round
- PLANT TYPE: North American Native, Clumping Habit, Long Spurred, Drooping Star-Like Flowers
- FEATURES: Heirloom, Attracts Pollinators, Attracts Hummingbirds, Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Dry Area Tolerant, Poor Soil Tolerant, Cut Flower Garden, Extended Bloom Time, Container Garden
- BLOOMS: Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer
- Plant in the Spring after the threat of frost has passed.
- Columbines are a highly adaptable flower.
- They do well in many climates and sun conditions, but they will bloom best in full sun to light shade.
- Plus, columbines are deer resistant, and birds and butterflies love the nectar found in tip of the petal’s thin spur!
- For best results, put columbine seeds in the refrigerator for 24 hours prior to planting. Another, slightly more intensive way to stratify (a process of breaking seeds’ dormancy by subjecting them to moist/cold treatments) your seeds is to first, sow them into a container filled with moist soil. Next, place the container in a plastic bag and refrigerate or freeze it for 3 weeks. Finally, remove the seeds, and place them outdoors in a sunny location or under grow lights and allow them to germinate (21 to 28 days).
- If sowing outdoors: In the early spring (3 to 4 weeks before the last frost), sow your columbine seeds on top of lightly raked soil. They do not need to be covered. Your columbine seeds will germinate in around 21 days.
- If starting indoors, plant columbine seeds 6 weeks before the average last spring frost.
- Columbines are perennials that are hardy to zones 3 to 8 or 9, depending on variety.
- When flowers begin to fade, dead head to allow for fresh blooms. When the season is over, cut down to the ground.
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