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Columbine has a moderate care profile. For basic needs, it prefers partial to full sunlight, regular watering, cool to moderate temperature, and well-drained, neutral to slightly acidic soil. Common challenges include leaf miners, aphids, stem borers, and powdery mildew. Environmentally, columbine is sensitive to extreme heat and poor water conditions. Seasonally, spring is prime growth and bloom time; summer requires added moisture; fall is ideal for planting and spring division; and wintertime demands less water and a light mulch layer for protection.
Watering Frequency
Every week
Sunlight
Full sun
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How to Water Columbine?
Watering Frequency: Every week
Columbine thrives in environments that mimic its native, moderately moist habitats. This species has adapted to a balance of moisture retention and drainage, showing moderate drought tolerance. Regular watering every week will maintain its optimal hydration levels. Typically grown outdoors, columbine exhibits a robust growth cycle when consistent moisture coincides with cooler temperatures, ensuring vibrant flowering during its growing season.
What Are the Sunlight Requirements for Columbine?
Ideal Lighting: Full sun
Columbine naturally thrives in woodland and alpine meadows, areas that receive dappled sunlight. For optimal growth, columbine requires bright, indirect light or partial shade, with shielding from intense midday sun. Exposure to morning light and protection during harsh afternoon hours is crucial to avoid scorching. Adequate light supports vigorous photosynthesis, essential for energy production, healthy foliage, and abundant blooming. In various settings, position columbine to receive filtered light or use shade cloth to replicate natural conditions. Appropriate lighting is vital for maintaining columbine's natural growth and flowering rhythms.
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How to Propagate Columbine?
The primary methods for propagating columbine include seed sowing, division, and basal cuttings. Key factors for success are cooler germination temperatures, well-drained soil, and partial sun exposure. Special considerations involve stratifying seeds to enhance germination and handling delicate roots with care during division. Generally, propagating columbine is of moderate difficulty due to its germination requirements and root sensitivity. Suggested steps involve stratifying seeds for four weeks, then sowing under light soil cover; or dividing in the spring, keeping divisions moist until reestablished.
How to Plant Columbine?
Columbine type thrive best in a spot with partial sun and well-draining soil, enriched with organic matter. Start by preparing the planting area, removing weeds and incorporating compost. Plant the columbine at the same depth as they were growing previously, keeping about 1 foot of spacing between plants. Firm the soil gently and water thoroughly. Initial care steps involve regular watering whilst maintaining a steady level of moisture in the soil. Be mindful of varying needs of specific species within the columbine genus.
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Attributes of Columbine
Sunlight
Full sun
Tolerance Lighting
Partial sun
Ideal Temperature
0 - 35 ℃
Plant Type
Herb
Scientific Classification of Columbine
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Types of Columbine
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Common columbine 'Clementine Rose'
Common columbine 'Clementine Rose' is a common columbine named after its beautiful blushing pink flowers, which are quite distinct from the blue and purple colored flowers of its parent plant. This cultivar has double flowers with an unusually large number of petals so that it resembles a clematis.
Common columbine 'Clementine Blue'
Common columbine 'Clementine Blue' is a Columbine cultivar with beautiful clematis-like, double flowers that come in a rich purple-blue color, hence the cultivar name. Unlike its parent plant, the flowers are spurless and held upright (they're not nodding).
Common columbine 'Nora Barlow'
Though the parent plant, the common columbine, sports purple bell-shaped blooms, common columbine 'Nora Barlow' provides a striking contrast in its profusion of pink flowers tinted with white edges. It's a variety of Aquilegia vulgaris belonging to the Barlow series (hence the cultivar name), and has an upright, clumping growing tendency.
Common columbine 'Clementine Salmon Rose'
Common columbine 'Clementine Salmon Rose' is a perennial hybrid of clementine that creates a unique shade of salmon-pink blooms with yellow centers in late spring. The name comes from their similarity to clematis flowers. Gardeners often use this plant to add a pop of color to their yard and to attract hummingbirds.
Caucasian columbine
Caucasian columbine is a perennial herb from the buttercup family, notable for its tall, slender stems reaching up to 90 cm. Its distinctive bell-shaped blue-purple flowers boast backward-pointing spurs, creating an elegant profile. Thriving in rocky, alpine terrains, caucasian columbine's deep root system allows it to access scarce water, making it well-adapted to high-altitude environments.
Common columbine 'Ruby Port'
Common columbine 'Ruby Port''s fern-like leaves, maroon-red double flowers, and prolific growth give this cultivar its distinctiveness. An heirloom columbine variety, common columbine 'Ruby Port' was aptly named after its ruby-red blooms. This columbine is popular for its showy flowers, abundant growth habit, and appeal to hummingbirds and butterflies.
Siberian columbine
Siberian columbine is a showy herbaceous perennial popularly used for borders and beds in cottage and pollinator gardens, as it is attractive to bees. Interestingly this plant is also called ‘Siberian Granny’s Bonnet’—named for its native area, Siberia, and its flowers’ appearance of an older lady’s bonnet.
Alpine columbine
Alpine columbine is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. The name Alpine columbine is derived from its natural habitat of alpine regions and spurred flowers. Alpine columbine is a late-spring/early summer flowering perennial that is clump-forming and often used as a bedding plant in cultivated gardens.
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Columbine has a moderate care profile. For basic needs, it prefers partial to full sunlight, regular watering, cool to moderate temperature, and well-drained, neutral to slightly acidic soil. Common challenges include leaf miners, aphids, stem borers, and powdery mildew. Environmentally, columbine is sensitive to extreme heat and poor water conditions. Seasonally, spring is prime growth and bloom time; summer requires added moisture; fall is ideal for planting and spring division; and wintertime demands less water and a light mulch layer for protection.
Watering Frequency
Every week
Sunlight
Full sun
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How to Water Columbine?
Watering Frequency: Every week
Columbine thrives in environments that mimic its native, moderately moist habitats. This species has adapted to a balance of moisture retention and drainage, showing moderate drought tolerance. Regular watering every week will maintain its optimal hydration levels. Typically grown outdoors, columbine exhibits a robust growth cycle when consistent moisture coincides with cooler temperatures, ensuring vibrant flowering during its growing season.
What Are the Sunlight Requirements for Columbine?
Ideal Lighting: Full sun
Columbine naturally thrives in woodland and alpine meadows, areas that receive dappled sunlight. For optimal growth, columbine requires bright, indirect light or partial shade, with shielding from intense midday sun. Exposure to morning light and protection during harsh afternoon hours is crucial to avoid scorching. Adequate light supports vigorous photosynthesis, essential for energy production, healthy foliage, and abundant blooming. In various settings, position columbine to receive filtered light or use shade cloth to replicate natural conditions. Appropriate lighting is vital for maintaining columbine's natural growth and flowering rhythms.
Advanced Care Guide
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How to Propagate Columbine?
The primary methods for propagating columbine include seed sowing, division, and basal cuttings. Key factors for success are cooler germination temperatures, well-drained soil, and partial sun exposure. Special considerations involve stratifying seeds to enhance germination and handling delicate roots with care during division. Generally, propagating columbine is of moderate difficulty due to its germination requirements and root sensitivity. Suggested steps involve stratifying seeds for four weeks, then sowing under light soil cover; or dividing in the spring, keeping divisions moist until reestablished.
How to Plant Columbine?
Columbine type thrive best in a spot with partial sun and well-draining soil, enriched with organic matter. Start by preparing the planting area, removing weeds and incorporating compost. Plant the columbine at the same depth as they were growing previously, keeping about 1 foot of spacing between plants. Firm the soil gently and water thoroughly. Initial care steps involve regular watering whilst maintaining a steady level of moisture in the soil. Be mindful of varying needs of specific species within the columbine genus.
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Attributes of Columbine
Sunlight
Full sun
Tolerance Lighting
Partial sun
Ideal Temperature
0 - 35 ℃
Plant Type
Herb
Scientific Classification of Columbine
Types of Columbine
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Common columbine 'Clementine Rose'
Common columbine 'Clementine Rose' is a common columbine named after its beautiful blushing pink flowers, which are quite distinct from the blue and purple colored flowers of its parent plant. This cultivar has double flowers with an unusually large number of petals so that it resembles a clematis.
Common columbine 'Clementine Blue'
Common columbine 'Clementine Blue' is a Columbine cultivar with beautiful clematis-like, double flowers that come in a rich purple-blue color, hence the cultivar name. Unlike its parent plant, the flowers are spurless and held upright (they're not nodding).
Common columbine 'Nora Barlow'
Though the parent plant, the common columbine, sports purple bell-shaped blooms, common columbine 'Nora Barlow' provides a striking contrast in its profusion of pink flowers tinted with white edges. It's a variety of Aquilegia vulgaris belonging to the Barlow series (hence the cultivar name), and has an upright, clumping growing tendency.
Common columbine 'Clementine Salmon Rose'
Common columbine 'Clementine Salmon Rose' is a perennial hybrid of clementine that creates a unique shade of salmon-pink blooms with yellow centers in late spring. The name comes from their similarity to clematis flowers. Gardeners often use this plant to add a pop of color to their yard and to attract hummingbirds.
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Semiaquilegia
Semiaquilegia is a genus of flowering plants of the family Ranunculaceae, native to eastern Asia.
Anemonidium
False anemone
Ficaria
Ficaria comprise a small genus in the Buttercup family, consisting of low-growing herbaceous flowering plants with yellow flowers and smooth dark green leaves. Several species are grown as ornamentals in gardens. The Latin name stems from the classical Latin term for "fig." Like all buttercups, ficaria plants are toxic when ingested.
False rue anemones
False rue anemones is a genus of flowering plants of the family Ranunculaceae native to Eurasia.
Beesia
Beesia are a genus of evergreen perennial flowering plants. Their Latin name, Beesia, derives from a nursery called Bees of Chester who financed a trip to China where the plant is native. They are often kept as ornamental plants in gardens of partial shade and may appeal to gardeners for their heart-shaped leaves.
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