Aquilegia canadensis Woodlanders Introduction which is why old garden

which is why old garden wisdom says to smell before you buy and why the good forms have always been passed hand to hand rather than left to chance

and takes the best of both: white

dependable foil for showier

and earns a place as one of the best heat-tolerant flowering shrubs for the warm garden

Named and introduced in 1913 alongside a sister seedling called Lakeland

Aquilegia canadensis Woodlanders Introduction which is why old gardenFew spring sights stir the woodland gardener like wild columbine in bloom. Aquilegia canadensis hangs nodding red and yellow bells, spurred and lantern like, over lacy blue green foliage, catching the low light of April along forest edges, rocky outcrops, and Appalachian coves where the plant has grown for ages. The eastern red columbine, or simply wild columbine, is among the most beloved of native spring wildflowers. The spurred flowers are a small