Latin Name: Aquilegia canadensis ‘Little Lanterns’
Height: 8 – 12 inches
Spread: 8 – 12 inches
Sunlight: Full Sun; Part Sun; Part Shade
Bloom Time: May to June
Hardiness Zone: 3-8
Description:
Little Lanterns Columbine is a compact wildflower cultivar. It features red and yellow drooping bell-like flowers that can be used as cut flowers. Spent blooms may be trimmed back to encourage a rebloom or left to allow them to reseed. Delicate, deeply cut foliage occurs in basal mounds. Cut plants back when foliage depreciates. Aquilegia canadensis is native to north-east North America.
Attracts: Butterflies; Hummingbirds; Bees
Other Names: Eastern Red Columbine; Wild Columbine; Canadian Columbine