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herbaceous layer
columbine
aquilegia vulgaris
nodding spurred bonnets in the late-spring gap, worked by long-tongued bumblebees — a short-lived self-seeder that drifts through the understorey wherever it likes.
functions
pollinator foragewildlife habitat
light
part shade
moisture
moderate
soil
most, humus-rich
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grower's notes
memberspropagation, guild role, and deeper ecology for columbine — the members' view.
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relationships — grows well with
lungwortpulmonaria angustifolia→sweet woodruffgalium odoratum→foam flowertiarella cordifolia→oxlipprimula elatior→
see columbine on the relationship map →the takeaway
start a guild around columbine
plant these together and the relationships on this page start working for you — feeders, protectors, and cover, layer by layer.
- herbaceous
- columbine — the anchor
- groundcover
- sweet woodrufffoam flower