Botanical Name: Aquilegia chrysantha 'Yellow Queen'
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Common Name: Yellow Queen Columbine  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Perennial

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

Yellow

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Blue Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

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'Yellow Queen' is a cultivar of A. chrysantha, with large, upward facing, fragrant, bright yellow flowers with long, outward curving spurs. Flowers are generally a more solid and brighter yellow than those of the species. Blooms April to May. Foliage is blue-green and deeply lobed. With flowers, plants are about 2 to 3 feet tall and wide.