Columbine - Aquilegia species - How to grow Columbine flowers

Columbines are perennial (sometimes treated as a biennial) woodland plants that bloom in spring and early summer. There are around 60 or so species within the genus Aquilegia, which gets its name from the Latin word for ’eagle,’ aquila. It’s a member of the Buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. This plant shares many flowering and morphological traits with other members of this family, including the fact that many contain cardiogenic toxins. The common name also comes from the Latin, columba for ’pigeon.’