Aquilegia Species, Yellow Columbine, Golden Spur Columbine

I grew these from seed and they were relatively easy, and I am by far no expert on growing plants from seed. I started them in late wint...Read Moreer and they did bloom the first season. I particularly like this columbine as the blooms are more upright, and not nodding downward as many other columbine blooms do. I live in zone 6 and planted them with dappled shade most of the morning and full sun in afternoon. They did very well and bloomed profusely. They are also planted on a slope which stays very dry most of the time, though I did water them often until the plants become well established. Though they often are listed as as annual they do reseed and will come back the following year.

We bought a flat of Columbine from the nursery earlier this spring. He told me it is a mixture of colors. The first one to bloom was th...Read Moreis beautiful yellow variety. I am used to seeing much shorter Columbine, but this was a nice surprise. Our desire is to fill our yard with natives and these have an added bonus of feeding the hummingbirds. Just the one plant has bloomed so far and we've already had a couple of partakers.

One of my favorite columbines. It winter-sowed beautifully, and the plants are incredibly vigorous. I love the blue-green foliage, whic...Read Moreh is semi-evergreen in this climate, and the spectacular long-spurred yellow flowers.

This is the first time I've seen yellow columbines growing in my town. I've only had purples/pinks. It is growing well and I hope it wi...Read Morell spread to beable to share it with my friends and family who love it too!