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Plant Care Guide > Common columbine

How to Grow and Care for Common columbine

Common columbine, also known as Granny's bonnet, European columbine, Granny's nightcap

Common columbine is known for its resiliency and straightforward care requirements, making it suitable for gardeners of various experience levels. A special care point for common columbine includes ensuring well-drained soil to prevent root rot. Common columbine also benefits from partial to full sun exposure, which supports its blooming. Regular deadheading encourages further blooming throughout its flowering season.

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Watering schedule: Every week

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Sunlight Requirements: Partial sun

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Planting and Growing Common columbine

Common columbine
Common columbine
Common columbine
ToughnessHigh
Care LevelMedium
Care DifficultyEasy
LifespanPerennial, Biennial
Watering ScheduleEvery week
Sunlight RequirementsPartial sun
Soil TypeGarden Soil
Soil pH6-7.5
Planting TimeSpring
Hardiness Zones
3-9
ToxicityToxic to Humans
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Varieties of Common columbine
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Common columbine 'Green Apples'

Common columbine 'Green Apples' is a Common columbine cultivar characterized by its unique coloring. The cultivar's double, spurless, pure white flowers emerge apple green buds, giving this plant its name. The green buds become white as they mature, but some flowers keep the greenish hue.

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Common columbine 'Ruby Port'

Common columbine 'Ruby Port''s fern-like leaves, maroon-red double flowers, and prolific growth give this cultivar its distinctiveness. An heirloom columbine variety, common columbine 'Ruby Port' was aptly named after its ruby-red blooms. This columbine is popular for its showy flowers, abundant growth habit, and appeal to hummingbirds and butterflies.

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Common columbine 'Clementine Rose'

Common columbine 'Clementine Rose' is a common columbine named after its beautiful blushing pink flowers, which are quite distinct from the blue and purple colored flowers of its parent plant. This cultivar has double flowers with an unusually large number of petals so that it resembles a clematis.

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Common columbine 'Clementine Salmon Rose'

Common columbine 'Clementine Salmon Rose' is a perennial hybrid of clementine that creates a unique shade of salmon-pink blooms with yellow centers in late spring. The name comes from their similarity to clematis flowers. Gardeners often use this plant to add a pop of color to their yard and to attract hummingbirds.

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Common columbine 'Nora Barlow'

Though the parent plant, the common columbine, sports purple bell-shaped blooms, common columbine 'Nora Barlow' provides a striking contrast in its profusion of pink flowers tinted with white edges. It's a variety of Aquilegia vulgaris belonging to the Barlow series (hence the cultivar name), and has an upright, clumping growing tendency.

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