Also known as granny's bonnet. The flowers are popular with bees. This plant grows to 60cm tall and 45cm wide in full sun or partial shade and a moist but well-drained soil.
White/green flowers are produced from May to July. It flowers in the second year and we have done the first year of growing for you!
This variety will readily self-seed so you will have more plants for years to come although the flowers with vary in colour. If you don't want new plants, prune the flowering stems as soon as the flowers have finished.
Columbine 'Lime Sorbet' / Aquilegia vulgaris
Position: Flower border
Flowering months: May_/ Jun
Light: Full sun / Mix of sun and shade / Dappled shade
Soil: Clay / Loam / Chalk / Sand
Tested in our local soil (t.i.o.l.s.): Yes
Drainage: Moist but well-drained
Life cycle: Short-lived perennial (flowers for two-four years)
Hardiness: Fully hardy (in Bristol winters)
Over winter: Partially dies back (semi-evergreen)