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Aquilegia chrysantha |
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| | A. chrysantha var. hinckleyana |
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| | Bushy growth on the shady-location plant in Texas |
| Common name |
columbine |
| Family |
ranunculaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z3-9)  |
| Flowers |
yellow |
| Size |
2-3' |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
well-drained soil, not too dry |
Typical columbine, with soft-yellow flowers. The variety hinckleyana is native to Texas, where it grows in shady areas with moist soil, blooming in spring and reportedly self-seeding generously. I set our two plants in different ends of our foundation border on the north side of the house; both get shade most of the day, but one gets more sun than the other; that one decided to (very tentatively) bloom its first spring in our garden, but stayed small the rest of the season. I didn't notice flowers on the shadier one, but it looked decidedly happier by late summer
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| | In this shadiest corner of the garden, a stand of self-seeded columbines finds enough relief from the Texas weather to do rather nicely – here they are in full bloom in late March |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: foundation border, right-fence nursery area About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Aquilegia chrysantha
- Seed from '08 trade. Baggy 65F (40%G, 13-26d)
- Seed for v. hinckleyana from '21 garden. Baggy 70F (62%G, 12-50d)
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December 25, 2024
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