(Columbine)

Winner of the Royal Horticultural Society's coveted Award of Garden Merit, this hybrid columbine bears bright rosy-red flowers with reddish-purple backward pointing spurs and a contrasting creamy-white center. They appear in spring on tall stems that stand well clear of the clumps of light green, airily cleft foliage. The blooms attract butterflies and hummingbirds.

'Swan Red and White' likes humus-rich, well-drained soil and at least half sun. It is suited for the wildflower, rock or cutting...

(Columbine)

The Swan Series of columbines have been bred for their uniform size, abundant large flowers and long blooming period. Their fresh, dissected, green leaves are lacy and form a compact mound. The 'Swan Rose and White’ columbines features strong stems holding rosy-red flowers with backward pointing spurs and contrasting white centers. The upright stems of delicate flowers appear in late summer. The blooms attract both butterflies and hummingbirds.

Swan columbines prefer full sun to partly shady...

(Columbine)

The Swan Series of columbines have been bred for their uniform size, abundant large flowers and long blooming period. Their fresh, dissected, green leaves are lacy and form a compact mound. The 'Swan Violet and White’ columbines features strong stems holding deep purple flowers with backward pointing spurs and contrasting white centers. The upright stems of delicate flowers appear in late summer. The blooms attract both butterflies and hummingbirds.

Swan columbines prefer full sun to partly shady...

(Columbine)

The Swan Series of columbines have been bred for their uniform size, abundant large flowers and long blooming period. Their fresh, dissected, green leaves are lacy and form a compact mound. The 'Swan White’ columbines features strong stems holding white flowers with backward pointing spurs and white centers. The upright stems of delicate flowers appear in late summer. The blooms attract both butterflies and hummingbirds.

Swan columbines prefer full sun to partly shady locations. They should be...

(Columbine)

The Swan Series of columbines have been bred for their uniform size, abundant large flowers and long blooming period. Their fresh, dissected, green leaves are lacy and form a compact mound. The 'Swan Yellow’ columbines features strong stems holding pale yellow flowers with backward pointing spurs and buttery yellow centers. The upright stems of delicate flowers appear in late summer. The blooms attract both butterflies and hummingbirds.

Swan columbines prefer full sun to partly shady locations....

(Columbine, White Star Columbine)

Aquilegia ‘White Star’ puts on a generous show of large, upfacing, long-spurred flowers of fresh, snowy white contrasted with sunny, yellow centers. The exquisite blooms are held on branched, wiry stems, and hover gracefully atop compact mounds of lacy, blue-green foliage in mid- to late spring.

Aquilegia ‘White Star’ performs best in dappled sun to partial shade and evenly moist, nutrient-rich soil with good drainage. It will readily cross with other columbine and self-sow...

(Columbine)

Columbine in the ‘Star Series’ put on a generous show of large, upfacing, long-spurred flowers held on branched, wiry stems in late spring to early summer. Appearing in a range of bright bicolors, the exquisite blooms are accented with sunny, yellow centers, and hover gracefully atop compact mounds of lacy, blue-green foliage.

Aquilegia is a genus of about 70 species that exist across northern temperate zones worldwide. Commonly known as columbine, they are beloved for their fanciful,...

(Biedermeier Columbine, Columbine)

Columbines in the Biedermeier Group share several traits. Their flowers are strongly bi-colored, long-spurred and their stems are moderately compact. In spring they put forth open mounds of three parted, soft green, lobed leaves. By late spring to early summer they bear erect stems of upward facing or nodding large spurred flowers that are strongly bicolored in an array of colors. Pretty golden stamens extend from the center of each flower.

Grow columbine in full sun to partial shade...

(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 tall and graceful columbines in the McKana Group are heavy-flowering, large and brightly colored. They also cannot be beat when it comes to vigor and performance. They’re knockouts when in bloom.

In spring they put forth open mounds of three parted, soft green, lobed leaves. By late spring to early summer they bear tall erect stems of upward facing or nodding large spurred flowers that are strongly bicolored in an array of colors. The outer petals and broad and open and the inner petals...