| Description | McKanna Giant Columbine are tried and true Columbine. Have large usually bi-color flowers with long flaring spurs. Received All American Awards in 1955. |
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| Pronunciation | (ack-wi-LEE-gee-a) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | (3)4-8 |
| Sunlight | full sun, best in moderate shade, partial shade |
| Moisture | average, to moist, most don't like dry |
| Soil & Site | average, moist, well drained in important |
| Flowers | large, long spurred flowers, nodding, usually bicolored |
| Leaves | held in groups of three (ternate), on long petioles, green to blue gray color |
| Dimensions | 24-30" inches tall |
| Maintenance | As the foliage gets shabby and leaf minors invade the leaves, cut back the plant. It will respond with fresh foliage and few flowers in the fall. Leaf minors won't kill the plant they just create yellow streaks in the leaves |
| Propagation | seed, respondes to cold treatment, 6-8 weeks in the frig |
| Misc Facts | The word Aquilegia stands for eagle in Latin. The flower is a symbol for folly. Maybe because it resembles a jesters hat. |
| Author's Notes | At my perennial nursery McKanna Hybrids were one of my best selling Columbine. Seemed to only get a year or two from these Columbine. |
| Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage), #176-Aquilegia (Robert Nord) |
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