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Barlow Mix Columbine Seed — held airy victorian columbine
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Barlow Mix Columbine Seed

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A clematis-flowered columbine mix.

Barlow Mix bears fluffy, fully double, star-shaped 1½" flowers with pointed, overlapping petals, like small clematis, facing up or nodding and without spurs. Strong, straight stems carry several flowers each, useful for bouquets after the first spring flowers and before summer ones.

The old-fashioned palette runs through rose, violet, wine, deep purple and nearly black, plus white, white edged in purple, and rose that pales to white with green tips. Sown in spring, plants flower the following year in late spring. Hummingbirds visit it. Perennial in Zones 3–9.

Flowers in the second year, on plants 32–42" tall. Open-pollinated.

Specs

  • Packet: 50 seeds
  • Average 18,500 seeds per oz.
  • Plant height: 32–42"

In stock — 1,000 Seeds

$11.05

Know before you sow

Quick Facts

Growing times vary with weather, soil and local conditions.

Growing guide

From seed to harvest

Chill first

5 days in the refrigerator.

Be patient

3–4 weeks to germinate.

Part shade

Sun only where summers are cool.

Mulch for winter

Prevents frost heaving.

Growing Information

Days to germination

About 21–28 days at 21–24°C (70–75°F). Chill the seed in the refrigerator for 5 days before sowing; light helps. Outdoors, the soil must be above about 18°C (65°F).

Starting indoors

Recommended. Sow 8–10 weeks ahead of your last frost, barely covering the seed. Move seedlings to cell packs or pots at the first true leaves, and plant out once the last frost has passed.

Direct sowing

Once the soil reaches about 18°C (65°F), sow groups of 3–4 seeds and thin to one plant at the true-leaf stage.

Plant spacing

10–15".

Soil

Humus-rich, free-draining soil.

Light

Part shade; full sun where summers are cool and plants are kept watered.

Winter

In cold climates, mulch after the first frost so freeze-thaw cycles do not heave plants out.

Harvest

Cut when half the flowers on a stem are open.

Uses

Cut flowers, beds and borders.

Hardiness

Zones 3–9.

Plant height

32–42".

Packet

50 seeds.

Seeds per oz.

About 18,500 on average.

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