Aquilegia Species, Dwarf Fan Columbine, Miyama-odamaki

This is a dwarf alpine variety of the species, the foliage less than 12cm high, the flowers slightly taller. Japanese breeders have sele...Read Morected strong clones that do well in lowland gardens. They have also selected for a beautiful blue - in the wild it tends to be far more purple.

Will readily self-sow around the garden, and bloom in the second year. The local Cabbage Butterfly larvae consider the blooms a delicacy.

"Odamaki" is the Japanese for columbine, and "miyama" means foothills, or lower mountains.