A LITTLE MORE LIFE
Western columbine
Aquilegia formosa
Native red-and-yellow flowers feed hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies.
MAKE IT FEEL AT HOME
A spot to thrive.
Tolerates sun or shade and self-seeds; use nursery-grown plants suited to your local climate.
- Sunlight
- Part sun & shade
- Soil moisture
- Average moisture / Dry soil
- Mature size
- 2–3 ft tall · Spread not specified
- Season of interest
- Summer flowers
- Local climate
- Choose nursery stock suited to local winters.
- Garden role
- Nodding flowers for a woodland border
ONE GOOD SWAP
Instead of asian bleeding heart.
Lamprocapnos spectabilis
Try western columbine for nodding flowers for a woodland border.
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Photo credits & licenses
Western columbine: MyCatIsAChonk · CC BY-SA 4.0
Asian bleeding heart: OliBac · CC BY 2.0
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