Species
Garden columbines
Aquilegia (garden forms)
Varieties
12 entries| Variety | Description | Prices (EUR) | Details |
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| Biedermeier mixedBSI-FL51030 | Biedermeier columbines are compact, short-lived perennials with blue-green foliage divided into rounded leaflets. The group has upward-facing flowers with short spurs, including white, pink, purple and bicoloured forms. Plants prefer fertile, moist, well-drained soil in sun or partial shade. The colour proportions of this mixture are not specified. |
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| Blue DreamBSI-H34610 | 'Blue Dream', also listed as 'Heavenly Blue', is a perennial columbine with large flowers in sky-blue shades and long spurs. It grows in well-drained soil. |
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| Blue StarBSI-H34450 | 'Blue Star' is a perennial columbine with large, long-spurred flowers. The flowers are blue with a white corolla. It grows in well-drained soil. |
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| Crimson StarBSI-H34600 | 'Crimson Star' forms clumps of divided, green foliage. Its outward-facing flowers have white centres, dark red outer segments and long red spurs. This short-lived perennial grows in fertile, moist, well-drained soil in sun or partial shade. |
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| Crystal StarBSI-H34500 | 'Crystal Star' has white flowers with long spurs. It is a perennial columbine for sun or partial shade and well-drained soil. |
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| KoralleBSI-H34620 | 'Koralle' is a perennial columbine with large, long-spurred flowers in coral shades and a yellowish corolla. The plants grow upright and have compound leaves with rounded leaflets. It prefers well-drained soil. |
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| Mc KanaBSI-FL42271 | — |
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| McKana Giants mixedBSI-H34000 | McKana Giants is a perennial columbine mixture with large flowers and long spurs. The mixture includes both single-coloured and bicoloured flowers. |
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| Mrs Scott Elliott mixedBSI-H34400 | — |
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| Rose QueenBSI-H34560 | 'Rose Queen' has intense pink flowers with a white corolla. This columbine prefers a sunny position and well-drained soil. |
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| Scott EliottBSI-FL83946 | — |
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| Snow StarBSI-H34550 | — |
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This catalogue heading includes garden columbine strains as well as the name Aquilegia caerulea, spelled Aquilegia coerulea.
Botanical characteristics
The botanical species is perennial, with spreading sepals and spurred petals. Garden hybrid mixtures should not all be presented as the same wild-species form.
Spurred flowers and garden hybrids
McKana Giants mixed belongs to the McKana garden-hybrid range, described for long spurs and varied, often bicoloured flowers. Biedermeier mixed is a separate listed strain for seed resellers. Compare complete strain names in a bulk selection.
At a glance
Species profile
Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Perennial
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Aquilegia caerulea
- Common names
- colorado blue columbine
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ranunculales
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Aquilegia
- Species
- Aquilegia caerulea