Eastern Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
Yellow, pink and red flowers from March into June. It grows wild in 5 of South Carolina’s 46 counties.
- Light
- Part shade to full sun
- Soil
- Dry to moist soil
- Size
- 2 ft to 3 ft tall, 1.2 ft wide
- Flowers
- Yellow, pink and red, Mar to Jun
- Leaves
- Deciduous
- Roots
- A taproot
- Kind
- Wildflower
At its grown size
in flowerfall colorbare for winter
What it feeds
- Caterpillars
- 7 kinds of caterpillars
- Bees
- 5 kinds of native bees
Grows well with
New Jersey Tea
Bluestem Goldenrod
Robin's-plantain
Small's Ragwort
Black Huckleberry
Narrowleaf Sundrops
Sweet Goldenrod
Wrinkle-leaf Goldenrod
Facts from the Quercus record for Aquilegia canadensis.