Alpine columbine - Vinland Valley Nursery

Type:: perennials that last
Notable Traits:: great cut flowers, resistant: deer, resistant: disease, resistant: rabbit
Hardiness:: Zone 4 – 8
Mature Height:: 12-18in
Light:: part sun/afternoon shade (eastern exposure), part to full shade (4 hours or less sun), shade (northern exposure)
Water:: drought tolerant
Bloom Color:: blue
Bloom Shape:: trumpet
Bloom Time:: fall, spring
Foliage:: green

Description

These striking blue blooms come from the high meadow and mountain slopes of the Alps. A compact species with charming, bright violet-blue, bonnet-shaped, nodding flowers on slender stems above a lovely fern-like, blue-green foliage.