Aquilegia Caerulea - Yellow Star is an upright, clump-forming plant that is long spurred with yellow flowers. It has a blooming season ranging from Spring to Summer, grows best in part shade in moist, well-draining soil, and will grow up to 24 inches tall. These flowers will attract pollinators to your garden such as Butterflies and Bees while being resistant to Deer and Rabbits. These make great cut flowers and do well in beds and borders in the garden. It is recommended to cut back the stems after flowering. If eaten, this plant can cause stomach irritation. This is also a low maintenance plant, which is always a good thing for the busy gardener! Columbines are one of those plants that has a very long history of cultivation. It is mentioned in writings of Thomas Tusser in 1580, John Parkinson in 1629 and in Chaucer and Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Columbines used to be extensively used in times of Chaucer and Shakespeare as garnishes for food and as ingredients in medicines. Their use stopped, according to Linnaeus, when one too many children died from excessive intake. It is not used today. Aquilegia comes from the Latin ‘aquila’ - an eagle, a reference to the shape of the petals with their curved spurs being like an eagle’s talons. Columbine is also a reference to the flower shape. ‘columba’ is Latin for a dove, the flowers reminding people of a dove in flight with the petals being the wings and the spurs the neck and head. This is coincidentally the derivation of the old Saxon name ‘Culverwort’, Culver being Saxon for a pigeon.
 
          25+  seed per pack      
 
Planting Zone: 3 – 9
 
Part Shade
 
Height: 24 inches
 
Width: 16 inches
 
Attracts Butterflies and Bees
 
Great for Cut Flowers, Beds, Borders
 
Deer and Rabbit resistant
 
Low Maintenance
 
Native to Europe
 
I urge anyone buying seed to do their homework on germination, I have not raised and cannot raise many of these plants as I am sub-tropics here in St Augustine, Florida. All seed are NOT alike!  There are so many different factors in germination and not doing a search is throwing your money away. I want everyone to be successful when growing your flowers from seed it is the most rewarding experience in Gardening and you can do it, if you give the seed what it needs to grow. I always check 3 sites of info to choose how I will go about it. It is not hard to do, if you do it right!
SEED GERMINATION TIP!!!!!!!
ONLY GERMINATE A SMALL PORTION AT A TIME.
DON'T PUT ALL YOUR MONKEYS IN A BARREL.
Good Luck and Happy Planting!!!!