Columbine Aquilegia viridiflora

Other Common Name(s):

Green Columbine

Other plants called Columbine:

Aquilegia canadensis

Previously known as:

Aquilegia hybrida

Description

Green columbine is a compact perennial flower that reaches one to three feet in height and one foot in spread. It grows easily in average, well-drained soil, in full sun to partial shade. It is intolerant of dry soils. It is prone to numerous fungal diseases, borers, leaf miners and aphids. It is resistant to damage by deer and rabbits.

Quick ID Hints:

Flowers with 5 elongate spurs
Leaves 1-3 ternately compound
Erect herbs with basal mound of leaves, flowering apex

It has showy fragrant flowers that bloom late spring to early summer, color of carotenoid or anthocyanin pigments; utilized in borders, massing, natural settings, and cut flowers; light shade prolongs blooming season; apply a systemic insecticide in early spring as preventative.

Cultivars / Varieties:

'Chocolate Soldier'
Brown and cream flowers

Tags:

#showy flowers #full sun #fragrant flowers #perennial #compact #cut flowers #rabbit resistant #deer resistant #part shade #fantz #boarders

Cultivars / Varieties:

'Chocolate Soldier'
Brown and cream flowers

Tags:

#showy flowers #full sun #fragrant flowers #perennial #compact #cut flowers #rabbit resistant #deer resistant #part shade #fantz #boarders

Attributes:
Genus:

Aquilegia

Species:

viridiflora

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Country Or Region Of Origin:

S. Siberia to N. China, Japan

Dimensions:

Height: 0 ft. 8 in. - 3 ft. 0 in.

Width: 0 ft. 8 in. - 1 ft. 0 in.

Whole Plant Traits:
Habit/Form:

Mounding

Cultural Conditions:
Available Space To Plant:

Less than 12 inches

Usda Plant Hardiness Zone:

3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7b, 8a, 8b

Flowers:
Flower Value To Gardener:

Fragrant

Flower Bloom Time:

Spring

Summer

Flower Description:

Terminal, several-flowered, sometimes branched. Pendent to erect; sepals 5, petaloid, colored as petals, much shorter than spurs; petals 5, forward-pointing lamina, elongate, hollow, nectar-secreting spur projecting backward.

Leaves:
Leaf Color:

Gray/Silver

Green

Leaf Type:

Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)

Leaf Arrangement:

Alternate

Leaf Shape:

Pinnatifid

Hairs Present:

Yes

Leaf Description:

Basal leaves alternate, pinnately compound, 1-3 ternate, long petiolate, apex deeply incised, grayish-green; cauline leaves gradually reduced in size; petiole soft-pubescent.