General Culture:

Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Tolerates wide range of soils except heavy, poorly drained ones. Prefers rich, moist soils with light to moderate shade. Remove flowering stems after bloom to encourage additional bloom. Keep soils uniformly moist after bloom to prolong attractive foliage appearance. When foliage depreciates, plants may be cut to the ground. ‘Bunting’ is a cultivar of the Songbird Series, which is an F1 hybrid seed strain in which cultivars therein may be grown from seed and may self-seed in the garden under optimum growing conditions. However, different varieties of columbine may cross-pollinate in the garden producing seed that is at variance with either or both parents.

Noteworthy Characteristics:

‘Bunting’ is part of the Songbird Series which is a hybrid strain of columbine that features large, long-spurred, upward-facing, bicolored flowers on compact, bushy plants typically growing to only 18” tall. ‘Bunting’ features light sky-blue sepals and white petals. Flowers bloom in spring. Triternate, almost fern-like foliage shape is somewhat suggestive of meadow rue (Thalictrum). Aquilegia comes from the Latin word for eagle in reference to the flower’s five spurs that purportedly resemble an eagle’s talon.