Latin Name: Aquilegia Earlybird Purple Blue

Description: Other common names for Aquilegia include Blue Columbine or Granny's Bonnet. This perennial is compact with eye-catching sectioned leaves and unusual, striking blue and purple bi-colour petals surrounding a ring of yellow stamens. The lovely, delicate fern-like blue/green foliage adds late summer interest after the blooms have passed. The lovely, bold, sky blue bell-shaped bi-colour blossoms add early spring interest to sunny flower beds or borders.

Zone: 3
Height: 30-60cm
Spread: 30-60cm
Shape: Mounding
Sun or Shade: Full Sun to Partial Sun
Foliage: Interesting dissected fern-like blue/green foliage
Flower type: Delicate bell-shaped blue petals cradled by five sky-blue, lance-like petals