{"id":3748,"date":"2018-05-06T06:03:32","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T13:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/?post_type=product&#038;p=3748"},"modified":"2026-04-20T14:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:37:09","slug":"columbine-munstead-white-european-pink-mix","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/product\/columbine-munstead-white-european-pink-mix\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbine, Common &#8216;Grandmothers Garden Mix&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Aquilegia vulgaris | <\/em>Common Columbine &#8216;Grandmothers Garden Mix&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Columbine, also known as Granny&#8217;s Bonnet, European Crowfoot, and Grannys Nightcap, is an all time favorite garden and wildflower that can be found growing in woodlands, meadows and cottage gardens. Columbines are hardy, herbaceous, short-lived perennials that are easy to grow from seed. They tolerate a large range of soil and sun types, but do best with some shade. The leaves are a bluish-green, repel water, and resemble that of Meadow Rue or Clover. Being biennials, Columbine bloom during the second year of growth from late spring to early summer. A key characteristic of most columbine flowers is that the petals are spurred.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Grandmothers Garden Mix&#8217; consists of various old-fashioned columbine varieties with large, nodding, short-spurred flowers of various colors including white, light-pink, dark-rose, and purple flowers that are held high above the foliage. Hummingbirds, butterflies, and bumblebees are continuously drawn to the flowers.<\/p>\n<p>Columbines are cool-season perennials and are not too fond of hot and humid summers. Drought tolerant and tough as nails. Reseeds freely. Deer and rabbit resistant.<\/p>\n<p>Direct sow seed outdoors in autumn or late winter\/early spring, or start indoors with heat, humidity, and light. They will germinate in approximately 2 weeks time. They don&#8217;t require cold-stratification, but sometimes it can help germination percentages.\u00a0Seeds will gladly self sow in soil, gravel, under decks, etc.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>200 seeds<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34759,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2602,4603,4582,4604,4599,2600],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-3748","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-all-seeds","product_cat-attracts-hummingbirds","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\/3748","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\/34759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=3748"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3748"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}