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Columbine, Long Spurred Mix Seeds
Aquilegia x hybrida
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Discover the beauty and variety of Columbine with our Long Spurred Mix Seeds.
Long Spurred Columbine blooms in intense colors that add charm and beauty to your landscape. Spurred 10 cm (4") flowers cover strong, sturdy stems. This attractive, two-toned variety is easy to care for, free-blooming, and heat tolerant. s. Enjoy the benefits of attracting butterflies and bees to your garden. Perfect for borders, containers, and cut flowers.
- SKU: 143527
- Common Name: Columbine | Granny's Bonnet
- Botanical Name: Aquilegia x hybrida
Growing Information
Safe
for Bees
Good For Pollinators
Grows
Best In:
Partial Shade
Days to
Germination:
30 - 50 days
Water
Needs:
Average 2.5-5 cm (1-2 in.) per week
Growing Height:
60-75 cm (24-30 in)
Key Features
- Plant Type: Flower
- Plant Lifecycle: Perennial (returns every year)
- Seed Type: Open Pollinated
- Fill Weight (grams): 100 mg
- Approximate Seed Count: 50-60
- Characteristics: Low maintenance | Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds | Cutting flower
- Planting Method: Start Indoors
- Colour: Lavender, white, yellow, red
- Water Needs: Average 2.5-5 cm (1-2 in.) per week
- Harvest/Bloom Season: May to June
- Landscape Use: Border / Edge Planting
- Growth Habit: Clump forming
- Resistance: Deer | Rabbit
- Tolerance: Drought once established
Instructions
Start Columbine seeds indoors 6-8 weeks before the last frost in your area. Follow the seed depth and spacing guidelines indicated below. Once all danger of frost has passed, seedlings should be hardened off before planting into their growing location. Seedlings should be transplanted according to the plant spacing directions below. Pick a location sheltered from the wind and receives at least 6 hours of sun per day. Regularly monitor your plants and ensure that the soil remains moist, but not soggy while they establish themselves in their new environment.
- Planting Depth: 6 mm (1/4in.)
- Seed Spacing: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.)
- Plant Spacing: 25 cm (10 in.)
- Instructions for Nutrient Care: Apply SUPERThrive once per week. Soak in solution of 1/4 tsp per gal for 15 min. or longer depending on size and type.
Suggestions
Growing Suggestions:
- Columbine plants arent too particular about soil as long it fts well-draining and not too dry.
- Regularly removing spent flowers, known as deadheading will promote continuous blooming and encourage the growth of fresh buds. This practice can extend the flowering period as long as 6 weeks into midsummer.
- Harvest flowers for indoor arrangements when they are half open.
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Overall rating: 4.111111 / 5 from 9 reviews.
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Columbine mixed
"All seed germinated beautifully"
Germinating outdoors successfully
"Germinating outdoors successfully"
"Always great."
seeds
"lovely plant and sets in perfect with my garden"
Easy to grow, but no variety
"While the germination rate was high, all of my columbines (7 plants) are a dark purple colour. I am super disappointed with the lack of variety."
Different flowers
"My flowers are not the same ones as pictured. Mine are pink clusters and plain looking. Definitely not the same ones as one the packets"
Mild Disappointment
"Wish the flowers are up-facing. Also the flowers are compound instead of simple as shown on the package. Germination was good. I winterized the young plants in pots outside near house. Zone 5. One out of six died."
Good germination
"I have 3 packs of columbine seeds and have a good success rate from 1 pack so far. Most success at the moment is under grow lights in basement. I will be trying winter sowing as soon as i can find another juice jug. I have had no success at sowing right in the garden."
