Aquilegia canadensis Woodlanders Introduction beneath shrubs

beneath shrubs

and earns a place as one of the best heat-tolerant flowering shrubs for the warm garden

Carya ovata

or a collector's grouping of useful plants

among other sun-and-drought lovers like salvias and agastache

Aquilegia canadensis Woodlanders Introduction beneath shrubsFew spring sights stir the woodland gardener like wild columbine in bloom. Aquilegia canadensis hangs nodding red and yellow bells, spurred and lantern like, over lacy blue green foliage, catching the low light of April along forest edges, rocky outcrops, and Appalachian coves where the plant has grown for ages. The eastern red columbine, or simply wild columbine, is among the most beloved of native spring wildflowers. The spurred flowers are a small