"The Columbine Cardinal, 'Aquilegia æCardinal', a Columbine in the Songbird series, is a beautiful, easy to grow spring blooming perennial. The green foliage adds texture and color in the fall to any of your perennial beds. The exquisite 3ö wide petals are long-spurred, large, red and white bicolor. Columbine is a profuse self-seeder so it should be planted 16ö apart. It is best used in rock gardens or in containers and for beds and borders, in cottage gardens and it attracts butterflies. Enjoy this popular flower in your garden or as a cut flower. It is a definite eye-catcher."