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Key characteristics

Family: Ranunculaceae
Height: 12-24 inches
Width: 12-18 inches
Flower color: Deep blue and white
Foliage color: Light green to bluish-green
Bloom time: Late spring to early summer
Light: Full sun to partial shade
Water: Moderate, prefers well-drained soil
Maintenance: Low
Wildlife: Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds

Perennials

Aquilegia ‘Spring Magic Blue & White’

Spring Magic Blue & White Columbine

Aquilegia 'Spring Magic Blue & White' is a lovely perennial known for its vibrant bicolored flowers and delicate, fern-like foliage. This cultivar produces large, showy deep blue and white blooms in late spring to early summer, with star-like flowers featuring five spurred petals and sepals. These elegant blooms attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds and are borne on slender, branching stems above light green, deeply divided leaves.

Light

Full sun to partial shade

Water

Moderate, prefers well-drained soil

Bloom time

Late spring to early summer

Find this plant

Works well in

Borders
Cottage Gardens
Pollinator Gardens
Hummingbird Gardens
Containers

Companion plants

Japanese anemones · Bleeding hearts · Catmint · Heucheras · Lady's mantle · Hellebores

Design tip

The long summer show pairs well with plants that peak earlier, keeping one area interesting for months. Because it is easy about light, use it to carry a planting from a sunny end of the bed into the shadier side.

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