Aquilegia viridiflora 'Chocolate Soldier' (Green Columbine)
Green-Flowered Columbine 'Chocolate Soldier', Green Columbine 'Chocolate Soldier'
Aquilegia viridiflora 'Chocolate Soldier' (Green Columbine) is a compact perennial boasting small, nodding, sweetly fragrant, chocolate flowers with short straight spurs and a bouquet of bright chartreuse stamens. The flowers rise in delicate clusters above the lovely foliage mound of lobed, divided, blue-green leaves. The foliage remains handsome throughout summer, provided the soil is kept moist. Blooming in late spring to early summer, this perennial is generally short-lived but may self-seed in the landscape in satisfactory growing conditions.
- Grows in a bushy, upright clump, up to 12 in. tall and wide (30 cm).
- Performs best in full sun to part shade, in fertile, moist, but well-drained soils. Intolerant to dry soils. Prefers deep, rich, moist soils with light to moderate shade.
- Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies, but is ignored by rabbits and deer!
- Easy to grow, this plant is a welcomed addition to beds and borders, city gardens, cottage gardens, underplanting shrubs, and roses or naturalized areas.
- Subject to fungal diseases, borers, leaf miners, and aphids.
- Remove flowering stems after bloom to promote new blooms.
- Cut back foliage affected by fungal diseases.
- Propagate by seed sown in pots in a cold frame as soon as the seed is ripe or in spring. It can also be propagated by division in spring, but the plant will be slow to recover.
- Native to China, Japan, and Russia.
Aquilegia is a genus of clump-forming, short-lived perennials noted for their late spring to midsummer blooms of single or double, short-spurred or spurless flowers, in a variety of colors ranging from blue to violet to white to pink to red. A classic element of herbaceous borders, Columbines mix beautifully with peonies, irises, alliums, and roses.
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Requirements
Hardiness | 3
– 8 |
---|---|
Heat Zones | 1
– 8 |
Plant Type | Perennials |
Plant Family | Aquilegia - Columbine |
Exposure | Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Season of Interest |
Spring (Late) Summer (Early) |
Height | 10" – 1' (25cm – 30cm) |
Spread | 8" – 10" (20cm – 25cm) |
Spacing | 10" – 12" (25cm – 30cm) |
Water Needs | Average |
Maintenance | Low |
Soil Type | Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand |
Soil pH | Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
Soil Drainage | Moist but Well-Drained |
Characteristics | Cut Flowers, Fragrant, Showy |
Tolerance | Deer, Rabbit |
Attracts | Butterflies, Hummingbirds |
Garden Uses | Beds and Borders, Underplanting Roses and Shrubs |
Garden Styles | City and Courtyard, Informal and Cottage |
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While every effort has been made to describe these plants accurately, please keep in mind that height, bloom time, and color may differ in various climates. The description of these plants has been written based on numerous outside resources.
Requirements
Hardiness | 3
– 8 |
---|---|
Heat Zones | 1
– 8 |
Plant Type | Perennials |
Plant Family | Aquilegia - Columbine |
Exposure | Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Season of Interest |
Spring (Late) Summer (Early) |
Height | 10" – 1' (25cm – 30cm) |
Spread | 8" – 10" (20cm – 25cm) |
Spacing | 10" – 12" (25cm – 30cm) |
Water Needs | Average |
Maintenance | Low |
Soil Type | Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand |
Soil pH | Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
Soil Drainage | Moist but Well-Drained |
Characteristics | Cut Flowers, Fragrant, Showy |
Tolerance | Deer, Rabbit |
Attracts | Butterflies, Hummingbirds |
Garden Uses | Beds and Borders, Underplanting Roses and Shrubs |
Garden Styles | City and Courtyard, Informal and Cottage |