Aquilegia ‘Clementine Salmon Rose’
Blooming Time
Exposure
The curious flowers of ‘Clementine Salmon Rose’ resemble small double flowered clematis. As the name suggests, its flowers are a pleasant salmony-rose, but they take on purple shades with age, and often a single plant can have three or more different flower colors at once. Faded flowers give way to decorative seed pods that, if left unpruned, will allow the plant to self-sow. Unlike many Columbines, the flowers of ‘Clementine Salmon Rose’ are upward facing, which allows for better viewing. ‘Clemantine Salmon Rose’ is a good choice for planting along patios or walkways for up-close viewing.
Details
Hardiness Zone:
Blossom Color:
Rose to Pink
Growth Habit:
Clump Forming
Max Height:
1½'
Texture:
Recommended Spacing:
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Special Characteristics
Features
As the name suggests, its flowers are a pleasant salmony rose but they take on purple shades with age, and often a single plant can have three or more different flower colors at once. The uniquely upward-facing flowers resemble small double-flowered clematis blooms.
Landscape Value
Excellent along patios or walkways for up close viewing.
Care
Watering:
'Clementine Salmon Rose' Columbine is moderately drought tolerant but benefits from occasional watering, to maintain soil in a moist but not wet condition, during the summer months.
Fertilizing:
'Clementine Salmon Rose' Columbine is a moderate feeder, benefiting from a couple of annual applications of slow release fertilizer. A spring application of a 3-1-2 ratio (such as a 15-5-10) can be applied at a rate of about 10 pounds per 1000 square feet, and during early fall, an application of a 2-1-2 ratio (such as a 10-5-10) can be applied to encourage root development and cold hardiness.
Pruning:
'Clementine Salmon Rose' Columbine should be enjoyed all winter long, then, during early April before it begins to grow again, it should be pruned or mowed back to ground level.