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Aquilegia kareliniana |
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| Synonym(s) |
Aquilegia karelinii |
| Common name |
Afghan columbine |
| Family |
ranunculaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z3-10) |
| Flowers |
violet |
| Size |
24" |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Seed ripens | mid-June |
Species from Tajikistan with sprays of deep violet flowers above tidy foliage. For most intents and purposes, it's a "standard mid-size columbine", whose leaf and flower shapes are similar to those of common columbine. A nice one, certainly.
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| | Fruiting bodies typical of columbines, pretty large compared to the flower size. In a few weeks, they'll turn tan/brown and be filled with rattling black seeds. |
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Aquilegia kareliniana
- Seed from NARGS '08/'09 exchange, cold-stored through summer. Baggy 70F (24d; 12%G, 14-20d) - 35F (6w; 6%G, 15d) - 70F (53%G, 4-9d). Sproutlings from first warm stage never developed; it may be best to go straight to the cold stage.
- Seed from '12 garden. Baggy 35F (6w) - 70F (34%G, 6-16d)
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