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Earlybird Purple White Columbine
Aquilegia 'Pas1258486'
Earlybird Purple White Columbine blooms from April through May.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Earlybird Purple White Columbine
Plant it in part shade. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 3–9. Expect it to reach about 12 in tall and 8 in wide at maturity, in roughly 2 years (a house reading).
Pets
- Not yet checked for pets.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
What was checked
Nine facts were checked against named botanical sources, each recorded beside the sources that carried it: mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, the trait tags, and years to mature size, which rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one and is marked so. Soil, diseases, pests, toxicity and the plant's own names have not yet been read for this plant, and its trait tags are the ones a feature uses rather than every word a page prints. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Earlybird Purple White Columbine
Plant Earlybird Purple White Columbine in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 6, the middle of its hardy zones 3 to 9, spring means March to May and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from April to May.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 6, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 6 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Earlybird Purple White Columbine get?
12 intall5 ft 7 inan adult8 inwideSee Earlybird Purple White Columbine in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Earlybird Purple White Columbine
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Earlybird Purple White Columbine about 8 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Earlybird Purple White Columbine to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Earlybird Purple White Columbine's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom color and trait tags were checked against 10 published sources on October 21, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- bloomindesigns.comBloomin Designs Nurseryheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- Plant Addictsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color and trait tags
- pridescorner.comPrides Corner Farmsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color and trait tags
- swiftgreenhouses.comSwift Greenhousesheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color and trait tags
- info.ballseed.comBall Seed (Ball Horticultural Company)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun and water
- NC State ExtensionGardener Plant Toolboxsun and water
- panamseed.comPanAmerican Seed (Ball Horticultural Company)bloom months and color
- panamseed.comPanAmerican Seed (Ball Horticultural Company)bloom months and color
- swiftgreenhouses.comSwift Greenhousesbloom months and color
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Societyheight
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
Good to know about Earlybird Purple White Columbine
Curated from university extensions, botanic gardens and other primary sources, with the source named on every note.
Safety
Best treated as mildly toxic and not a food: the seeds and roots are the most concentrated. Keep children and pets from eating them. per PLOS ONE and Cornell
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