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Hardiness: USDA Zone 3a: to -39.9 °C (-40 °F) USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 °C (-35 °F) USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
Propagation Methods: By dividing the rootball From seed; direct sow outdoors in fall From seed; winter sow in vented containers, coldframe or unheated greenhouse From seed; stratify if sowing indoors From seed; sow indoors before last frost
Seed Collecting: Bag seedheads to capture ripening seed Allow pods to dry on plant; break open to collect seeds Properly cleaned, seed can be successfully stored
On Feb 28, 2006, TBGDN from Macy, IN (Zone 5b) wrote:
Synonym: Aquilegia x sibirica; Cultivar: Biedermeier: I have allowed these to naturalize and self-seed themselves. In doing so a host of insects and birds naturally cross-pollinate between plants, and produce a lot of color variations. Hummingbirds are drawn like magnets to the flowers. Colors range from pastel pinks, whites to mauves. I also grow what is known as the 'Nora Barlow' series of pink columbines, and bees I'm sure have cross pollinated between the various kinds. All are very cold hardy. Very easily grown and naturalized; completely cold hardy.
On Jun 30, 2004, Weezingreens from Seward, AK (Zone 3b) wrote:
Aquilegias do well here in Seward, Alaska. They like our moist, cool season. Biedermeiers are one of my favorite varieties. I've been growing them from seed for the last three years, and the range of colors always amazes me. It has a modest height, taller than a flabellata, shorter than most vulgaris. At about 18" tall, it sits well in any bed, and the lovely blooms face upward on sturdy stems that shouldn't need staking. Give this one a try!
On Apr 25, 2004, Toxicodendron from Piedmont, MO (Zone 6a) wrote:
These columbines have more upfacing, short blooms than most. The flowers are smaller than some, but the plant produces many blooms. I have about 4 or 5 different shades, from almost white to pink, to purple. I recommend this cultivated strain.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Birmingham, Alabama Seward, Alaska Elk Grove, California Hanna City, Illinois Macy, Indiana Pinconning, Michigan Piedmont, Missouri Oxford, North Carolina Coopersburg, Pennsylvania Kalama, Washington Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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