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Aquilegia 'Songbird Cardinal' - Columbine
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Aquilegia caerulea 'Songbird Cardinal'

Columbine

'Songbird Cardinal' Aquilegia is an award-winning variety that offers intense deep red and soft white, large and long spurred flowers. As part of the Songbird Series of Columbines, 'Cardinal' will announce the coming of spring with vibrant color. Aquilegia 'Cardinal' is graceful, with blue-green foliage, and is a wonderful addition to the formal or cottage garden with its skyward-facing flowers at the center of attention. Columbine offers a wealth of flowers in sun or shade and sometimes will self-sow without being annoying.

Additional:

Aquilegia comes from the Latin word for eagle in reference to the flower's five spurs that resemble an eagle's talon.

Columbine Growing and Maintenance Tips:

Little care is needed for success. Foliage usually declines by mid-summer at which point it should be cut to the ground.

Height:

18-24 Inches

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Spread:

12 Inches

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Hardiness Zone:

3 - 9

Characteristics & Attributes for Aquilegia caerulea 'Songbird Cardinal'

Exposure
• Sun
• Partial Shade
Soil Moisture Preference
• Average
• Moist
Attracts Wildlife
• Butterflies
• Hummingbirds
Critter Resistance
• Deer Resistant
• Rabbit Resistant
Season of Interest (Flowering)
• Spring
Growth Habit
• Reseeds
Height
• 16-24 Inches
Attributes
• Rock Garden
• Border or Bed
• Cut Flower
• Naturalizing
Foliage Color
• Green
Great Companion Plants for Aquilegia caerulea 'Songbird Cardinal'
Cranesbill Cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum 'Album')
Plantain Lily Plantain Lily (Hosta tardiana 'Halcyon')
Coral Bells Coral Bells (Heuchera villosa 'Pistache')
Foamy Bells Foamy Bells (Heucherella 'Sunspot')
Jacob's Ladder Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium caeruleum 'Brise d'Anjou')
Beard Tongue Beard Tongue (Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red')
Iris, Siberian Iris, Siberian (Iris sibirica 'Caesar's Brother')
Plantain Lily Plantain Lily (Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears')
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