Aquilegia 'Dove'

ëDove features large, long-spurred, upward-facing, pure white flowers on compact, bushy plants typically growing to only 18-24î tall. Flowers bloom in spring. Triternate, almost fern-like, gray-green foliage is somewhat suggestive of meadow rue (Thalictrum). Aquilegia comes from the Latin word for eagle in reference to the flowers five spurs that purportedly resemble an eagles talon. ëDove is a cultivar of the Songbird Series, which is an F1 hybrid seed strain. Songbird Series cultivars may be grown from seed and may self-seed in the garden under optimum growing conditions. However, differe... more »

ëDove features large, long-spurred, upward-facing, pure white flowers on compact, bushy plants typically growing to only 18-24î tall. Flowers bloom in spring. Triternate, almost fern-like, gray-green foliage is somewhat suggestive of meadow rue (Thalictrum). Aquilegia comes from the Latin word for eagle in reference to the flowers five spurs that purportedly resemble an eagles talon. ëDove is a cultivar of the Songbird Series, which is an F1 hybrid seed strain. Songbird Series cultivars may be grown from seed and may self-seed in the garden under optimum growing conditions. However, different varieties of columbine may cross-pollinate in the garden producing seed that is at variance with either or both parents. Other Songbird Series cultivars grown at the Kemper Center include A. ëBunting (See A332). (less)