Aquilegia canadensis

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Aquilegia Canadensis (Canadian columbine) ;

Canadian Characteristics

hardy perennial ; 1 foot tall ; flowers orange-red, blooms in May ;

A. formosa (beautiful) ; hardy perennial; 18 inches; flowers reddish-orange, in June ; A. fragrans (fragrant) ; hardy per- ennial ; 6 inches ; flowers pale-yellow, in May ; Himalayas ; 1839. A - glandulosa (glandular) ; hardy perennial ; 18 inches ; flowers white and blue, in June; Siberia; 1822. A. glauca (glaucous) ; hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers pale-yellow, in May ; Himalaya ; 1839. A.jucunda (joyous) ; hardy perennial ; I foot; flowers blue and white, in June; Siberia; 1844. A. Kanaoriensis (Kanaor) ; hardy perennial ; i foot ; flowers violet with blue spurs, in May ; Himalaya. A. leptocceras (slender- horned) ; hardy perennial ; I foot ; flowers blue and cream- color, in July; Siberia; 1846. A. macrantha (large-flowered) ; hardy perennial ; 1 8 inches ; flowers cream-colored tinged with pink; North America; 1847. A. Siberica (Siberian); hardy perennial ; 18 inches ; flowers blue and white, in June ; Siberia ; 1806. A. Skinneri (Skinner's) ; hardy perennial; 18 inches; flowers red and green, in May ; Guatimala ; 1841. A. vulgaris (common) ; hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers various, in June ; Britain. A. blanda is a fine hybrid with white and blue flowers. A.ccerulea is a Rocky-Mountain species erect flowered with long spurs. A. spectabilis is a Siberian species with dark-purple flowers with yellow centre. A variety of vulgaris, A. caryphyl- loides, has double variegated flowers : the seeds are dark -green instead of black.