Columbines are easy, short-lived perennials, promiscuous hybridizers and self-sowers.
The Songbird series gets highest pr...Read Moreaise from connoisseurs. 'Dove', 'Bluebird', 'Bunting', and 'Chaffinch' (the last not available in N. America) are the columbines of the Songbird series that have been given the Royal Horticultural Society's coveted Award of Garden Merit.
According to Robert Nold, the Songbird series was created by the late Charles L. Weddle, Jr., of Paonia, CO, by crossing A. coerulea with the McCana's Giant strain and the Dwarf Fairyland series. According to Graham Rice, he also used A. canadensis, A. skinneri, A. californica and A. chrysantha, and perhaps A. longissima.
When he died in 1986 his stocks were bought by PanAmerican Seed, refined and upgraded, and re-introduced in the late 1980s. The series has since been expanded and quietly upgraded over the years under the guidance of breeder Dr Ellen Leue.
'Dove' is white, and grows to 2' tall and 15" wide. Like the other Songbird cultivars, it's an F1 hybrid and will not come true from seed.
Columbines have deep taproots. Mature plants are very difficult to transplant or divide, and neither is generally recommended.
Columbines prefer slightly alkaline soils, and are especially short-lived where soils are very acid unless lime is added.
Deadheading is also essential for longer garden life.
The cultivar name is 'Dove'. "Songbird" is the name of the series and not part of the cultivar name.
Superb F1 hybrid for any garden. If you need a reason to love Aquilegia, the Songbird series has to be the answer.
Small, ...Read Moreshort lived perennials for containers or the border with mid green, ternate leaves. Songbird Dove bears large, pure white flowers which bloom continuously for several weeks.
Flowers May-July
Likes a well drained but moist soil in sun or partial shade. Incredibly easy to keep.
Don't bother saving the seeds except for experiments, they won't come true.
Columbines are easy, short-lived perennials, promiscuous hybridizers and self-sowers.
The Songbird series gets highest pr...Read More
just got this plant a few weeks ago. So far. its love at first sight!
Superb F1 hybrid for any garden. If you need a reason to love Aquilegia, the Songbird series has to be the answer.
Small, ...Read More