Growing Non-GMO Columbine Colorado Blue Flower Seeds

Colorado Blue Columbine seeds have wildflower-like hardiness and are most commonly broadcasted directly in the fall or just after the frost. Columbine seeds thrive from an over-winter frost, but will still bloom just as hardily if started indoors 6-8 weeks prior to the final frost of the spring. Seeds will germinate in 14-21 days in full lighting and plants may reseed in the garden in the best of growing conditions. Plant 3-4 Colorado Blue columbine seeds in rich, evenly moist, and well-drained soil in partial sun to partial shade. Seeds may also be broadcasted for a wildflower appearance. Colorado Blue Columbine seeds thrive in cool shady gardens and will struggle in early summer if exposed to long hours of direct heat. Do not let the soil dry out, but do not over-saturate either. Saturate the soil at the time of watering and then allow the top inch of soil to completely dry between irrigations.

For earlier flowers, start the seeds indoors and transplant them once they have two true leaves and good roots. Columbine typically blooms from spring to summer in its second year and will die back at the first frost but will come back next year. There is little need to fertilize unless the soil is especially barren. Use a diluted feed if required. Keep weeds down, particularly in the early stages, so that the plants have a chance to become established. Cut back spent blooms to prolong color and prevent undesired reseeding.

Columbine Colorado Blue in the Flower Garden

Columbine is perfect for rustic wooded gardens or broadcasting freely amongst the wildflowers. It can also be cut for spring bouquets and arrangements. Colorado Blue flowers are great for butterfly, cottage, cutting, and shade gardens. The giant blooms are highly attractive to bees, hummingbirds, and butterflies and yet, are resistant to deer and rabbits.

Landscape Use of Columbine Colorado Blue

Look at Columbine Colorado Blue as a multi use performer in your landscape. The striking blooms are perfect as focal points in the spring and a backdrop of foliage for the rest of the summer. Colorado Blue Columbine seeds are excellent for accenting along shady walkways, sides of buildings, or around the base of a leafy tree. Colorado Blue Columbine seeds are a worldwide favorite, certain to delight your home and garden each year.

About Columbine Colorado Blue Garden Seeds

Columbine will put out seeds that will come up the following year if not collected. They rarely return true (meaning the new plant will not be exactly the same as the original) so, we do not recommend allowing free reseeding unless it is monitored.

All parts of this plant are poisonous to animals and humans. Do not consume.

The Colorado Blue Columbine flower has 3-inch wide blooms of gorgeous indigo spurred florets.

Aquilegia coerulea, simply known as Columbine, is a bushy wildflower perennial native to the high elevations of the Rocky Mountain regions including Montana, Idaho, and south into Arizona and New Mexico. The genus Aquilegia earns its name from the Latin word meaning "eagle" because the bloom resembles an eagle's talon. Columbine is the state flower of Colorado.

Tips From Our Gardeners

”Colorado Blue Columbine blooms are so nostalgic and breathtaking. I highly recommend this vibrant bloomer for shady gardens."

- Lara Wadsworth, True Leaf Market Writer

Colorado Blue Columbine Seeds Per Package:

500 mg - Wholesale - Approximately 430 Seeds

.25 oz - Wholesale - Approximately 6,100 Seeds

1 oz - Bulk Seeds - Approximately 24,500 Seeds

4 oz - Bulk Seeds - Approximately 98,000 Seeds

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