Winky Purple & White Columbine

Load up on gorgeous flowers to start off the season! Spring-blooming Winky Purple & White Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris 'Winky Purple & White') delivers a huge impact for many, many weeks.

Perky purple and white blooms point straight up...a rare and welcome feat for these beloved wildflowers.

Their upright habit makes it far easier to study the intricate, open petals with showy white margins.

Hummingbirds adore these special blooms with nutritious nectar held in the knobby spurred sepals. Watch as they visit time and time again!

This improved cultivar features a nice, compact mound of deeply lobed, compound foliage. Medium green leaves set off the pretty blooms to perfection, without growing out of bounds.

Their deliciously rich purple hues add a sophisticated touch to your spring border. Plant them en masse to make the most of their charming good looks.

Grow plenty to use as cut flowers. They'll last for weeks in arrangements indoors. Try a sweet, single bloom in a cut crystal bud vase to delight your daughter.

Columbine needs a partner plant to pass the baton to by mid-summer. Plant Coneflower, Butterfly Bush or Baptisia nearby to take over for summertime blooms.

Enjoy these incredible flowering perennials in rich, well-drained soil. This durable variety can happily grow in full sun or partial shade and is well-known for its ability to resist powdery mildew and leaf miner.

Surprisingly versatile, Winky Purple & White Columbine makes a charming display year after year. Don't be surprised to see them self-seed in new spots here and there in your yard.

We say... enjoy the gift from Mother Nature! Or, pot the seedlings up as a May Day present, if you prefer.

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How to Use Winky Purple & White Columbine in the Landscape

It's nearly impossible to "tame" these wildflowers. Why try? Rather, let them shine in a modern Cottage Garden!

Have fun with these special plants. They work at the edge of garden borders and rock gardens, with a tidy mound of fine-textured foliage and purple blooms fit for a Fairy Princess.

No wonder kids are drawn to these beautiful blooms! Surprise them in spring with delightfully unexpected plantings.

Create amusing vignettes with stone frogs, Fairy statues or gazing balls. Plant in "found objects" like a pair of old garden boots or vintage kitchen sinks that have holes drilled for drainage.

Plant them around the corner, just out of sight. Tuck them here and there along a wayward garden path, and let your garden visitors "discover" them with glee!

Use them in springtime containers with Daffodil and Grape Hyacinth bulbs. Pot them up in autumn and store overwinter...they are incredibly cold hardy.

They make a great addition to Cutting Gardens. You'll also be pleased if you plant them near your fruiting bushes in a Victory Garden to entice pollinators.

In a small space garden, create a narrow planting bed to play around in. Edge the north side with four-season shrubs like Aronia or Sweetspire. Fill in with a creative mix of plants that bloom in spring, summer and late summer.

Life is short. Celebrate it with the graceful drama and easy-peasy nature of Winky Purple & Wild Columbine.

#ProPlantTips for Care

While they may look tender and delicate...Columbine is actually quite a rugged perennial. Give it at least four hours of sunlight a day.

Columbine performs very well in rich, well-drained soil. They won't tolerate standing water, so if your planting site stays soggy a long time after rain...create a raised bed for planting.

Support all your plants their whole life long with Nature Hills Root Booster. Give their tiny feeder roots a symbiotic relationship with long-lasting mycorrhizal fungus to access water and micronutrients from the soil.

Winky likes mulch over the roots, but please pull it back away from touching the top of the crown. Give them water on a consistent basis.

If you prefer, you can trim them back in either late summer once the leaves start fading. You can also wait to do general autumn clean-up in late autumn.

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