About
This compact perennial reaches a height of up to 20 cm. It features light green, divided foliage and produces nodding flowers that measure approximately 3 cm across, with a creamy-white hue.
About the genus
Aquilegia consists of herbaceous perennials that grow in clumps, characterized by their long-stemmed, three-parted basal leaves. The upright, leafy stems support bell-shaped blooms featuring wide-spreading sepals and petals that possess spurs, all arranged on branched stalks.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- West-facing, East-facing, South-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H5
Plant details
- Plant type
- Alpine Rockery, Herbaceous Perennial
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 0-0.1 metre
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Gravel garden, Rock garden, Cottage and informal garden, Patio and container plants, Wildlife gardens
- Native to
- Japan
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in fertile, moist soil in sunny spot or partial shade
- Pruning
- Cut back foliage affected by fungal diseases
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed sown in pots in a cold frame as soon as seed is ripe or in spring. Columbines hybridise freely so the seedlings may not be true to type
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to aphids, leaf-mining flies and sawflies
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to powdery mildews and aquilegia downy mildew