(Columbine, Dragonfly Columbine)

Columbines add fanciful color to perennial beds and rock gardens and members of the Dragonfly series won’t disappoint. The compact plants offer large showy flowers late spring to early summer.

The plants emerge in the spring with mounds of delicate, silvery green, lobed leaves held on slender branched stems. The large flowers have prominent tubular nectar-holding spurs that point backward and five huge showy tepals that flare outward. The flowers come in shades of rose, blue, yellow, white, pink,...

(Columbine)

The columbines in the Music Series are notable for the large size and strong colors of the flowers, and the vigor and compactness of the plants.

Like other hybrid columbines, these are hardy clump-forming perennials that grow from small slender woody rhizomes (underground lateral stems). They have clusters of rich gray-green scalloped leaves appear along slender, upright, three-parted branches.

The intricate flowers are what make these plants so special. The big blooms have five large petals/sepals...

(Columbine)

Cultivars in the Origami Series are compact, heavy-blooming and bloom longer than most. They are even said to flower in the first year from seed.

In spring they put forth open mounds of three parted, soft green, lobed leaves. By late spring to early summer they offer erect stems of upward facing or nodding large spurred flowers in bicolored or solid shades of yellow, violet-blue, pink, red, rose or white. Pretty golden stamens extend from the center of each flower.

Grow columbine in full sun...

(Columbine)

This series of exceptional medium sized perennials offer delicate richly colored long-spur flowers best suited to sheltered beds and borders. The ancestry of this series is quite murky with combinations of both American and European species with named hybrids to create these upstanding performers. The foliage bears three part lobed leaves of lush green that resemble that of maidenhair fern in shape and texture. They are more densely held at the base of the plant, feathering out as they rise to flower....

(Columbine, Swan Columbine)

Bred for uniform habit, heavy flowering and extended bloom time, members of the Swan Series come in a diverse array of mixed colors. In mid-spring these columbines develop neat mounds of delicate, three-parted, sea green leaves. Upright stems of delicate flowers appear in late summer. Their blooms have long, prominent nectaries, or backward facing spurs, and may be in mixed shades of yellow, red, yellow, lavender, burgundy, purple, pink or violet-blue. All columbine flowers are attractive to butterflies...

(Columbine)

Naturally small from the start, perennial columbine offers great flowers and the vigor of a wild plant for adding charm to protected beds and borders. It is native to woodlands of Japan and is little cultivated as a species in the west. The foliage bears three part lobed leaves of lush green that resemble that of maidenhair fern in shape and texture. They are more densely held at the base of the plant, feathering out as they rise to flower. While plants are attractive during the bloom season, the...

(Canadian Columbine, Little Lanterns Columbine, Red Columbine)

This cultivar is distinguished by its dwarf habit and heavy blooming. The easy to grow 'Little Lanterns' is a sweet herbaceous perennial that originates from the eastern United States and Canada. In its native habitat red columbine is found in open woodlands and forest margins, so it's quite shade tolerant and ideal for naturalistic woodland gardens. It has an open habit and elegant look when in bloom.

In late spring to early summer, the short branched stems of 'Little Lanterns' bear dainty, nodding,...

(Colorado Blue Columbine)

As the state flower of Colorado, this beautiful blue and white-flowered perennial offers outstanding color to early summer borders. It is native to a large part of the American west where it thrives in the woodlands of the Rockies and other mountain ranges. Its clumps of are lush and pretty when they first appear in spring. The blue-green leaves are three-parted and have a texture similar to that of maidenhair fern. While plants are attractive during the blooming season, the leaves die back when...

(Arizona Columbine, Desert Columbine, Eagle's Claw)

The easy to grow Arizona columbine is an airy, herbaceous perennial native to the lower southwestern United States. In its native habitat it's found in rocky outcroppings in the higher mountain elevations, so it's drought tolerant and ideal for woodland-rockery gardens. It has an open habit and elegant look when in bloom.

From late spring to early autumn, its tall branched stems bear dainty, nodding, orange-yellow flowers with prominent spurred nectaries. These are subtended by delicate, ferny,...

(Spanish Columbine)

In scale for a fairy's landscape, Spanish columbine is a dwarf herbaceous perennial native to the Cantabrian Mountains of northern Spain. In its native habitat it's found in moist sunny outcroppings in the higher mountain elevations, ideal for woodland-rockery gardens. It has a mounding habit and is delicate looking when in bloom.

From late spring to early summer, its very short stems bear dainty, nodding, light blue-violet flowers with prominent spurred nectaries and white petals. These are subtended...