Plant Information
Aquilegia Songbird Cardinal
Scientific Name: Aquilegia x hybrida
Common Name: Columbine
Hardiness Zone: 3a - 9b
Hardiness Degree: -40°F (-40.0°C)
Blooming Season: Spring, Late Spring, Summer
Plant Habit: Mounded, Upright
Characteristics: Shade Tolerant, Low Maintenance, Frost Tolerant
Water: Light
Fertilize: Once a month
Spacing: 10 - 16" (25 - 41cm)
Height: 11 - 18" (28 - 46cm)
Width: 10 - 14" (25 - 36cm)
Exposure: Partial Sun
General Information: Free-flowering, medium-compact plants have eye-catching, 1.5 to 3.5-in./4 to 9-cm blooms in true, nonfading colours in late Spring and early Summer.
Large, light blue and white flowers. 11 in./28 cm tall.
Plug crop time: 6 to 8 weeks
Transplant to finish: 22 to 28 weeks
- Popular series is easy and economical to grow – with true, non-fading colours in late Spring and early Summer.
- Well-adapted for 6-in./15-cm pot and garden use.
- Can be flowered in Spring from an Autumn sowing when grown in a cool greenhouse (night temperatures lower than 60°F/16°C) with no special vernalisation treatment required.
- Free-flowering, medium-compact plants have 1.5 to 3.5-in./4 to 9-cm blooms.
11 in./28 cm tall. Early-flowering and well-matched to Bluebird.