General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Plant Height: 18 inches
Plant Spread: 12 inches
Leaves: Variegated
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Mauve
Pink
White
Yellow
Bi-Color: Yellow or White trumpet
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Bees
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Rocky Mountain Columbine
  • Colorado Blue Columbine
  • Columbine
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Aquilegia coerulea
  • Synonym: Aquilegia caerulea
  • Synonym: Aquilegia leptocera

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Date: 2022-04-22
Location: My Garden, Arvada, Colorado
Date: May
Location: in my garden in Del Norte county, Ca. amongst the Redwoods
Date: 2023-05-18
Uploaded by _Bleu_
Location: Snowy Range, Wy
Date: 2012-07-20

Date: 2022-04-22
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2022-04-21
Blue Columbine 003
Location: Mason, New Hampshire (zone 5b)
Date: 2012
Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2018-05-20
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-05-18
Location: North of Cortez, Colorado
Date: 2011-07-20
Uploaded by Skiekitty
Location: La Crescenta, CA
Date: 2017-05-13

Date: 2022-04-22
Location: Colorado
Date: 2012-05-31
Planted amidst ground cover
Location: My zone 3a garden
Date: 2013-06-29
Location: Snowy Range, Wy
Date: 2012-07-20
Location: Snowy Range, Wy
Date: 2012-07-20
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-03-23
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-06-23
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Date: 6/20/2015
Location: My zone 3a garden
Date: 2013-06-29
Location: My zone 3a garden
Date: 2013-06-29
Location: Snowy Range, Wy
Date: 2012-07-20
Location: Snowy Range, Wy
Date: 2012-07-20
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-03-23
Location: Mason, New Hampshire (zone 5b)
Date: 2012

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
  • Uploaded by Joy
Uploaded by SongofJoy
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2017-05-26
photo credit: Robert Duval
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: May 12, 2013
2013 early leaves
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-03-23
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-06-16
Location: Taken at Annie's Annuals Nursery
Date: 2014-05-08
Location: Lindon, Utah
Date: 2012-04-04
At a nursery

Date: 2012-04-04

Date: 2012-04-04
Location: La Crescenta, CA
Date: 2017-05-08
Location: Winter Park, Colorado
Date: summer 2017
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Comments:
  • Posted by Trish (Grapevine, TX - Zone 8a) on May 10, 2022 8:50 AM concerning plant:
    Colorado's state flower. During summer you see its long-spurred blue and white flowers and delicately divided foliage throughout the mountainous West, from New Mexico to Idaho.
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Jan 15, 2012 3:22 PM concerning plant:
    State flower of Colorado. If found picking or harming the flower there, you may be levied a stiff fine.
    Flower is pollinated by hummingbirds, moths, and butterflies. Pollinators need a long tongue to reach the nectar.
Plant Events from our members
robertduval14 On May 24, 2016 Bloomed
MrsBinWY On March 16, 2019 Seeds germinated
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MrsBinWY On February 16, 2019 Seeds sown
germination test of Seed Library's back stock: 25 seeds (2017G) in milk jug in cold sun room; moved to room temp~3-12-19
MrsBinWY On January 5, 2019 Seeds sown
WS eight (8x5) 2.25" pots, seeds from 2017G.
MrsBinWY On November 25, 2017 Seeds sown
Experiment: Eight (8) 2.25" pots in garden hoop, seeds from 2017G (some ssp. alba in these). All went to 5-12-18 Plant Sale as starter plants.
dnrevel On January 17, 2023 Seeds sown
In WS jug, January.
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