Alpine columbine Aquilegia alpina 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.