General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 16-18 inches
Plant Spread: 12-18 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
White
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Trade name information:
Series: Origami™
Trade Name: Blue & White
Cultivar name: 'Origami Blue & White'
Common names
  • Columbine
Also sold as:
  • Aquilegia Butterfly Adonis Blue (in Britain)

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Location: Riverhead, NY
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2022-04-26
Columbine - 'Origami Blue And White' 008
Location: West Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-03-09
Location: Gause, TX
Date: April 2019
1st season plant.
Location: Millcreek, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-03-11

Date: 2014-04-01
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: Fairfax, VA | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-09
Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2012-05-03
Long blooming.

Date: 2014-04-01
Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2012-07-18
Has taken 100º+ weather in full sun and keeps blooming.

Date: 2014-04-04

Date: 2014-04-04

Photo courtesy of Santa Rosa Gardens. Used with permission.
Photo by Paul2032

Date: 2008-05-20

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