Wild Columbine

Common Name: Wild Columbine Scientific Name: Aquilegia canadensis Layer: Groundcover, Vignette, Structure Light Conditions: Sun, Part-sun, Shade Soil Conditions: Dry, Moist-drained, Moist Bloom Colour: Red, Yellow Season of Interest: Spring Suitable for: Lawn replacement, Septic bed, Shoreline Description: Hummingbirds make a beeline for these red and yellow flowers, which are bell-shaped just how they like them, when they arrive here hungry each spring.
  • Common Name: Wild Columbine
  • Scientific Name: Aquilegia canadensis
  • Layer: Groundcover, Vignette, Structure
  • Light Conditions: Sun, Part-sun, Shade
  • Soil Conditions: Dry, Moist-drained, Moist
  • Bloom Colour: Red, Yellow
  • Season of Interest: Spring
  • Suitable for: Lawn replacement, Septic bed, Shoreline
  • Description: Hummingbirds make a beeline for these red and yellow flowers, which are bell-shaped just how they like them, when they arrive here hungry each spring.
  • Native to Haliburton County.