Double Rose Columbine Seeds ~ Flower ~ Perennial Flowers ~ Blooms ~ Grow Your Own ~ Spring Flowers ~ Instead of Flowers ~ Spring

Loads of creamy rose-pink double flowers attract hummingbirds and pollinators. The graceful plants have a full, vigorous habit and show excellent uniformity. Their compact habit make them a good choice for containers or planted in groups in front borders. They also make a good cut flower.

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~ My Special Grow and Care Instructions.

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🪻Columbine Grow and Care Instructions🪻

Columbine needs to have cold/moist stratification before germinating.  So, to break the dormancy of the seed you need to do one of the following:

• Direct sow the seed in Fall. Sprinkle seed on the soil where you want the plant to grow.
• Winter Sow the seeds in January-February

Cold Moist Stratify the seeds in the Spring using the fridge.

Columbines are generally hardy in zones 3-8. 

Columbine Seed Planting Depth

The seed requires sunlight to break the dormancy, so I usually just plant them on the surface of the soil, pressing them in. That’s right, the seed of Columbine needs to be surface sown, but still have good contact with the soil to keep it moist.  I’ve found the easiest way to germinate them is to winter sow them. You just plant them in small pots as you would with any other seed.  But, you do this in the winter and set them outside to finish wintering, but keep them covered with some translucent cover.

Germinating them in the Summertime – cold stratification

If you decide you want to grow them in the summer, and can’t winter sow, it is possible but much more difficult.  What you need to do is use our paper towel / refrigeration method to cold stratify the seed.

Also, studies have shown that priming the seed in water prior to stratification can increase germination percentages.

Again, winter sowing is far easier with this plant. The main reason it is easier is that the seeds aren’t as likely to dry out. The soil just tends to dry out in the hot summer more easily, which makes germination difficult.

From germination to transplant….

Once the seeds germinate, after they get their first true leaves (after the two that are present at germination), I transplant the whole cell to a larger pot.  And then just grow them until they are large enough for transplant to the garden.

Fall/Winter maintenance

Since this plant is herbaceous, meaning that it doesn’t have a woody stem or any foliage that stays over winter, you can remove dead foliage after the plant has gone dormant.  If you grow Columbines in a well kept flower bed, and wish to keep it tidy then you can remove the foliage after the plant has turned brown after you’ve had freezing temperatures. Alternatively, you don’t have to do anything.  The following Spring this plant will send up new shoots/leaves weather or not you clear away the dead leaves from the previous season.  So, it is just kind of up to you and what kind of garden you have.

• Many references will refer to Columbines as shade plants. But, Columbine grows just fine in Full Sun as well (I have them in both).
• Will typically grow to about 2′ (70 cm) tall, but can reach 3′ (1m), and about 1-1.5′ spread (30-60 cm)
• Columbine needs to have well drained soil.

In the wild, or in a meadow, they don’t handle competition well and can be crowded out by larger plants.

• Columbines will bloom for about a month, up to 6 weeks in late spring to early summer
• Columbines are loved by hummingbirds and bumblebees.
• Although they attract hummingbirds and other pollinators, Columbines also self pollinate!!!

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