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Common name wild red columbine Family ranunculaceae Life cycle perennial (Z3-8) Flowers red with yellow (April-May) Size 2-3' Light part shade Cultural notes prefers moist soil Seed ripens late June In our second attempt to grow this plant (our first attempt ignored the plant's water requirements), we've succeeded in coaxing it to display some of its marvellous bicolor red-and-yellow blooms. Who needs hybrid columbines when the species are this pretty?

Basal foliage looks pretty much like that of any other columbine, to my untrained eyes

Along the flower stalk, single simple leaves are perhaps not quite as universally similar among the aquilegias

In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: orchard nursery area

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Seed-starting details for this plant

2007. Seed from '06 garden. Baggy 35F (10w; 5%G, 10th w) - 70F (5w; 10%G, 2-8d) - 70F with light (2w; no further G)

I probably should have kept it at cold conditions even after germination started.

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