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wcaution Joined: 3/29/2002 Location: st.louis, mo Posts: 48	Posted: Mar/26/2006 9:29 PM PST bought a columbine today that had some flowers blooming. can you deadhead columbine to get a second flowering? shade or sun? WET OR MOIST? Quote \| Reply \| Report

cntrygrl Joined: 6/21/2002 Location: Posts: 9	Posted: Mar/27/2006 12:10 AM PST i don't deadhead my columbines....i just let them naturalize. mine grown in full sun with very little water. hope yours do too! cntrygrl zone 5 Quote \| Reply \| Report

BlueBelle Joined: 4/15/2005 Location: Ontario, Canada, zone 5a Posts: 6485	Posted: Mar/27/2006 12:28 AM PST Deadheading will prolong the bloom. Also, I find leaving the seedheads on isn't the most attractive, so I cut them off (they stick out way about the leaves). If you want to collect seeds, then of course you'd leave them on. They can be grown in sun, but they prefer partial shade. They have regular watering needs. Not too dry, not too wet, juuuuust right! Quote \| Reply \| Report

Mainegal Joined: 3/30/2002 Location: Southern Maine Zone4/5 Posts: 2550	Posted: Mar/27/2006 12:53 AM PST I deadhead mine and I also have some in full sun and some in part shade and they both do great. Good luck with yours. If you leave the seedheads on they will spread too. i dig up the seedlings and replant them in other places in my yard and they do great What color did you get?? Quote \| Reply \| Report

wcaution Joined: 3/29/2002 Location: st.louis, mo Posts: 48	Posted: Mar/27/2006 2:00 AM PST orgami red and white. so deadheading causes them to rebloom? Quote \| Reply \| Report

Mainegal Joined: 3/30/2002 Location: Southern Maine Zone4/5 Posts: 2550	Posted: Mar/27/2006 2:28 AM PST yes mine rebloom if i keep them deadheaded Quote \| Reply \| Report

poeticpeony Joined: 4/04/2006 Location: NE Ohio, deck chuckin' fool Posts: 9437 Moderator	Posted: Apr/05/2006 12:52 PM PST The first time I experienced the dried seedpods I got scared. I thought there was a rattle snake near and we don't have many of those around up here. Then I figured out what it was. I have volunteer wild purple columbines scattered at all sorts of places around the house and yard. They don't seem to mind where ever they are as long as it's not too wet. Quote \| Reply \| Report

chiodokeller Joined: 7/06/2005 Location: Lansdale, Pennsylvania Posts: 141	Posted: Apr/23/2006 4:43 PM PST I'm going to try to grow these in my zone 6 garden, in partial shade. I have always wanted columbine, and now I am ready to try them. When I read the info. on this site I get such good information. I love gardenguides.com!:banana-wa Quote \| Reply \| Report

Wildie Joined: 6/02/2005 Location: Crossfield, Alberta Posts: 1085	Posted: Apr/23/2006 6:14 PM PST I've got 6plants that have come back from lastyear (I bought them on sale late fall, they were all ittybitty barely any roots.) But none of the aquilegia seeds I've wintersown have come up yet... I'm getting a bit discouraged!!! Quote \| Reply \| Report

flowerpower Joined: 1/14/2003 Location: Catskill Mtns NY Zone 4 Posts: 277	Posted: Apr/24/2006 10:07 AM PST Columbine has a very hard seed coat, so it may take a while for them to germinate. When did you wintersow them? The ones you got in the fall should get a good size this year. Make sure to keep an eye out for hummingbirds when they are in bloom. Quote \| Reply \| Report

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