{"id":32030,"date":"2021-12-21T23:04:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T07:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/?post_type=product&#038;p=32030"},"modified":"2026-02-08T12:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:01:28","slug":"columbine-dark","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/product\/columbine-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbine, Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Aquilegia atrata<\/em><em> (<i>Aquilegia vulgaris<\/i>\u00a0subsp.\u00a0<i>atrata) <\/i>| <\/em>Dark\u00a0Columbine<\/p>\n<p>Dark Columbine may be considered a subspecies of <em>Aquilegia vulgaris, <\/em>as it is not genetically distinguishable from the other members of the complex.\u00a0Dark Columbine plants are hardy, herbaceous, short-lived perennials that are easy to grow from seed and will tolerate a wide range of soil and sun types. Plants will do well in full sun, but will fair better with some shade.<\/p>\n<p>Upright stems bear nodding, short-spurred flowers, and as the common name suggests the flowers are dark in color and range from dark purple to maroon-brown. Blooms during the second year of growth and thereafter from late spring to early summer.<\/p>\n<p>Seeds may require cold-stratification before sowing indoors, or one can direct-sow them outdoors in autumn or late winter\/spring. They will gladly self sow in soil, gravel, under decks, etc. Ideal for cottage gardens, meadows, and woodlands.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Type: Perennial<\/p>\n<p>Sun exposure: Part shade to full sun<\/p>\n<p>Mature height: 2-3 ft<\/p>\n<p>Mature width: 18 inches<\/p>\n<p>Hardiness zones: 3-9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>30 seeds<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32018,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2602,4582,4604,4599,2600],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-32030","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-all-seeds","product_cat-columbine-2","product_cat-deer-resistant","product_cat-flowers","product_cat-perennial-flower-seeds","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple","add-to-wishlist-before_image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/32030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=32030"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=32030"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=32030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}