Aquilegia 'Yellow Star'
(Columbine 'Yellow Star')
Family - Ranunculaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer
Hardiness - H5
Height - 50cm
Width - 30cm
Location - The Hot Garden, The Terrace
Description: A clump-forming, herbaceous Perennial with an upright, bushy habit. Attractive, mid-green leaves are ternate with rounded and lobed leaflets. Nodding flowers are composed of five yellow petals and a collar of paler yellow sepals. Each Bloom has a central cluster of yellow stamens and pale yellow, curved, tubular spurs at the back. The flowers are held in small clusters on upright stems and are produced from late spring into early summer. Attractive to pollinating insects.
Part of the Star Series of Aquilegias.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Additional common name - Granny's Bonnet 'Yellow Star'
The name Aquilegia is derived from the Latin word 'aquila' meaning eagle. This is a reference to the spurs at the back of the flower which resemble the talons of an eagle.
Flower:
The flowers are composed of five yellow petals above a collar of paler yellow sepals. Each bloom has a central cluster of yellow stamens and pale yellow, curved, tubular spurs at the back. The flowers are held in small clusters on upright stems and are produced from May into July.
Flower colour: Yellow
Flower shape: 5-petalled flowers with 5 sepals held in small clusters
Flowering time: May, June, July
Foliage:
Mid-green leaves are ternate (sometimes biternate) with rounded, lobed leaflets. The leaves are mostly held in basal rosettes with few leaves held on the flowering stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Ternate with rounded, deeply lobed leaflets
Propagation:
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in moisture retentive soil that is well-drained.
