AQUILEGIA VIRIDIFLORA “CHOCOLATE SOLDIER”, COLUMBINE

Very unusual, rare species from eastern Siberia and northern China. “Chocolate Soldier” features nodding, 2cm bi-colour flowers with attractive chocolate petals, yellow-green sepals, short brown spurs and contrasting golden-yellow anthers. Flowers have sweetly, pleasant fragrance and appear in late spring- early summer. Remove flowering stems after bloom to encourage additional bloom. The plants after flowering should be watered to enjoy ground cover effect of the very ornamental blue-green foliage. Perfect, compact perennial for borders or rockeries. It prefers rich not too dry soils in sun dappled shade. Easy from seeds.

-Height: 40 cm;

-Flowers: May- July;

-Sow: any time indoors; do not cover the seeds- just press them into soil; germination 14- 30 days at 15- 20 C;

-Aftercare: full sun to part shade and well-drained rich, moist soil; hardy to -40 C;

-Packet contains: 30 seeds;

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