Aquilegia Kirigami™ Deep Blue White | |
Columbine Kirigami™ Deep Blue White | |
Aquilegia Kirigami™ Deep Blue White, also known as Columbine, this delicate yet sturdy perennial has upright stems top the bushy mound of deeply-cut green foliage, supporting large, deep blue and white upward-facing flowers with delicate deep blue spurs. Requires less of a winter chill than other varieties and will bloom earlier in the season. Excellent for mixed borders and rock gardens. FEATURES: Botanical Name: Aquilegia Kirigami™ Deep Blue White Common Name: Columbine Kirigami™ Deep Blue White Features: Mounding Habit, Upright Habit, Great Cut Flowers Bloom Time: Spring Light Requirements: Full Sun -Partial Sun Attracts Bees Resists Deer Mature Plant Size: 12 - 24 inches Zone 5 - 9 | |
Divide and/or transplant in November using Rock Phosphate fertilizer. Cut flowers and foliage to within 2" of soil and add to compost pile. Feed with Flowertone in March. Spray with All-season Oil in May for insect control. Deep-soak with Vitamin B-1 fertilizer every 2 weeks for first 2 summers. Re-mulch in June and January. | |
Bedding or border plant | |
Partial sun, moist soil | |
Upward facing, fully double violet blue spurless flowers. Great Cut Flowers. | |
Spring | |
Blue | |
34-36" tall | |
18" | |
Flowering perennial, Mounding, Upright | |
Fast | |
Full Sun-Partial Sun | |
-40 to -30 deg. F | |
Water regularly as needed | |
Lacy deep green foliage | |
Perennial |