Utah Columbine Aquilegia scopulorum
- Phonetic Spelling
- a-kwi-LEE-jee-a skoh-pew-LOR-um
- Description
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Utah Columbine is native to the rocky slopes, forests, and meadows in the mountains of Utah and Nevada. Tightly compact and dense mounding foliage is covered with medium blue long-spurred flowers held on short stems in spring. It also reblooms moderately throughout the summer and into fall.
This plant grows best in well-drained soils with low nitrogen or clay soils that dry out. Prefers part shade but will do well in full sun with irrigation. A great plant for a rock garden type planting. It is not ideal for humid hot summer areas.
- See this plant in the following landscape:
- Rock and Crevice Garden
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Aquilegia
- Species:
- scopulorum
- Family:
- Ranunculaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Recommended Propagation Strategy:
- Seed
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Western USA
- Distribution:
- Nevada and Utah
- Wildlife Value:
- Attracts bees and hummingbirds
- Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems):
- Deer and rabbit resistant
- Dimensions:
- Height: 0 ft. 8 in. - 1 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 0 ft. 8 in. - 0 ft. 10 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
- Wildflower
- Habit/Form:
- Dense
- Spreading
- Growth Rate:
- Medium
- Maintenance:
- Low
- Texture:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Occasionally Dry
- Available Space To Plant:
- Less than 12 inches
- NC Region:
- Mountains
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Fruit:
- Fruit Type:
- Follicle
- Fruit Length:
- < 1 inch
- Fruit Width:
- < 1 inch
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Blue
- Purple/Lavender
- White
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Summer
- Flower Shape:
- Funnel
- Trumpet
- Flower Description:
- Blue and white to occasionally purplish long spurred flowers bloom in spring with reblooming during the summer.
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Leaves:
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Rosulate
- Leaf Margin:
- Entire
- Lobed
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Densely packed blue-green biternate leaves are compound and basal. Glabrous above and slightly glaucous below.
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Green
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Meadow
- Rock Wall
- Woodland
- Landscape Theme:
- Rock Garden
- Attracts:
- Bees
- Hummingbirds
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Drought
