Nectar - humming birds, bumble bees and butterflies (Swallowtails and fritlillaries) Pollen Collecting - Short-tongued Halictid bees collect pollen. Host Plant - sole food source for the Columbine Duskywing caterpillars. Deer - are not fond of this plant
Seed Package states, seeds need 60 days of cold, moist storage to stimulate germination.
Purchased seed planted in cold frame, late September. Germination noted less than a month later. Decided to bring seedling inside under florescent light for the winter. A wise decision as of December 31, 2017 they are thriving.
2012
Cold Storage 60 days - Small Zip lock plastic bag with a few table spoons of moistened vermiculite
Light Required - Seeds need light to germinate - Planted on top of soil
Seeds Planted - 2-8-2012
Seeds Sprouted - 2-25-2012 - Very Sparse
Night Temperature - 61 - 63°F
Day Temperature - 64 - 65°F - Under florescent lights
Aquilegia canadensis - Wild Columbine
"There from the rock-cleft rude
Up springs with nodding bells, the Columbine,
And round her ever, in her solitude.
The wild bees' wigletts shine."
Howard Gilbert 1907 - From - Second Annual Report - The Horticultural Societies of Ontario 1908
