General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Flowers: Showy
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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Common names
  • Sweet-Scented Columbine
  • Fragrant Granny's Bonnet
  • Columbine

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Date: c. 1840
illustration of Aquilegia fragrans as A. glauca by Miss Drake fro

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-05-20

Date: c. 1840
illustration from 'The Botanist', 1840

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

photo by ghislain118

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