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Bertoloni columbine is a dwarf perennial, about 30 cm tall, with spurred blue-purple flowers in early summer. It suits rock gardens and alpine beds, where it needs sharp drainage and cool conditions.
Aquilegia bertolonii, common name Bertoloni columbine or Bertoloni's columbine, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Italy, southern France, and Slovenia.
In cultivation this dwarf columbine is a useful subject for the rockery or alpine garden. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Aquilegia bertolonii is native to the northwestern Apennine Mountains in Italy, also being found in southern France and three disjunct areas in the Slovenian Alps. It grows on cliffs or limestone areas, steep slopes, rocky areas, stabilised screes and woodlands.
Aquilegia alpina · Red columbine · Golden columbine · Colorado blue columbine · Fan columbine · Western columbine · Oriental Columbine · Columbine · Columbine
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aquilegia bertolonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
