(Cameo White Fan Columbine, Dwarf Fan Columbine)

Large clean white flowers cover this long-blooming dwarf fan columbine in spring. It is a small but vigorous perennial that adds sparkle to the early border.

Fan columbine is a small clump-forming alpine that’s well adapted to partial sun. It is a Japanese native that forms an attractive small mound of blue-green foliage. The delicate leaves are three-parted with scalloped edges. Despite its small size it offers a big floral show, especially cultivars in the Cameo Series.

Many large...

(Dwarf Fan Columbine, Mini Star Columbine)

The pretty Mini Star fan columbine is a small clump-forming alpine that’s well adapted to partial sun. It is a Japanese native that forms an attractive small mound of blue-green foliage. The delicate leaves are three-parted with scalloped edges. Despite its small size it offers a nice floral show.

Many short-stemmed blooms rise from the center of the clump in late spring. The nodding, broad-petaled flowers look like butterflies in flight and are commonly have blue outer petals and white inner...

(Dwarf Fan Columbine)

Members of the Cameo Series are a collection of super dwarf fan columbines that bloom for a longer period than most. They also boast larger flowers and more vigorous plants.

Fan columbine is a small clump-forming alpine that’s well adapted to partial sun. It is a Japanese native that forms an attractive small mound of blue-green foliage. The delicate leaves are three-parted with scalloped edges. Despite its small size it offers a big floral show, especially those in the Cameo Series.

Many...

(Dwarf Fan Columbine)

This sweet fan columbine is smaller than average and commonly sold under the name 'Nana.'

Fan columbine is a small clump-forming alpine perennial that’s well adapted to partial sun. It is a Japanese native that forms an attractive small mound of blue-green foliage. The delicate leaves are three-parted with scalloped edges. Despite its small size it offers a nice floral show.

Many short-stemmed blooms rise from the center of the clump in late spring. The nodding, broad-petaled flowers look...

(Dwarf Fan Columbine)

This sweet white-flowered fan columbine is smaller than average and commonly sold under the names Aquilegia flabellata 'Nana Alba' or Aquilegia flabellata var. pumila f. alba.

Fan columbine is a small clump-forming alpine perennial that’s well adapted to partial sun. It is a Japanese native that forms an attractive small mound of blue-green foliage. The delicate leaves are three-parted with scalloped edges. Despite its small size it offers a nice floral show....

(Dwarf Fan Columbine, Silver Edge Columbine)

The sweet violet-blue and white flowered fan columbine 'Silver Edge' has variegated foliage that stands out most early in the season and fades as the summer progresses.

Fan columbine is a small clump-forming alpine perennial that’s well adapted to partial sun. It is a Japanese native that forms an attractive small mound of blue-green foliage streaked and edged with silvery white. The delicate leaves are three-parted and have scalloped edges. Despite its small size it offers a nice floral show....

(Western Columbine)

A larger look-alike of Canadian columbine (Aquilegia canadensis), the easy to grow western columbine is an airy, herbaceous perennial native to the western United States, Canada, and Mexico. In its native habitat it's found in rich moist forests, so it's quite shade tolerant and ideal for naturalistic woodland gardens. It has an open habit and elegant blooms.

Ferny clumps of lacy, three-parted leaves appear in spring, dying back to a few wisps in summer. In late spring to early summer,...

(Columbine, Longspur Columbine)

Named and renowned for its exceptionally long-spurred yellow flowers, this elegant, hardy perennial comes from moist canyons and ravines in uplands of Texas, Arizona, and northern Mexico.

Ferny clumps of lacy, three-parted leaves appear in spring, dying back to a few wisps in summer. In early to midsummer, tall branched stems bear dainty, erect to horizontal flowers with five propeller-shaped petals, a starry collar of five pointed sepals, and five whiskery, spreading, 3- to 7-inch (7- to...

(Common Columbine)

Columbine is among the most beloved woodland perennials, cultivated for centuries in cottage gardens. This species is a native of Europe fondly called granny’s bonnet. The foliage bears three part lobed leaves of soft blue-green that are more densely held at the base of the plant. The leaves bear a striking similarity in shape and texture to those of the maidenhair fern. Columbine is a vigorous early season performer but the delicate foliage can suffer in the late season, so it is often paired...

(Common Columbine)

The pretty compact 'Clementine Blue' produces many densely packed double columbine flowers. In early to late spring this dwarf perennial puts forth masses of upward-facing, double, spurless blooms of violet-blue. Three-parted, lobed leaves of soft green form a mound at the base of the plants. The foliage often wanes towards summer's end.

Grow this columbine in full sun to partial shade and fertile well-drained soil that’s evenly moist. The more sunlight the more important it is the soil has available...