Columbine - Aquilegia - Perennial Seeds Winter Planting - You Can Grow That!
December is a great time to finish planting the seeds, perennials and bulbs that will make spring glorious in our gardens! You know that it's time to plant biennials, poppies, larkspur and other early spring flowers for the first bee and butterfly nectar in the neighborhood. But don't forget about the other shade garden favorites such as Columbine, also known as Granny's Bonnet. Columbine has a reputation for thriving in shade. In the early spring they enjoy the direct sun that falls on them under trees but they will not thrive in full-sun, hot, dry conditions. Plant them where you normally water or where you have added plenty of organic material such as leaves and mulch. A local gardening friend send me a baggie of seeds from her Columbine plants and it's time to get them going so the plants will be ready to plant in early spring. Cold hardy in zones 4 to 8, perennial Aquilegias have a reputation for being easy to start from seed. Seeds are ...