AT A GLANCE
The columbine is ideal as a cut flower for the vase, especially from May to June. Combined with wild flowers or cottage garden plants, they result in stylish arrangements. A columbine lasts about a week in the vase with regular water exchange and fresh cutting.
As a cut flower you can use the columbine very use well. The flower of this perennial looks extravagant and yet many varieties of columbine make a stylish overall impression thanks to their subtle coloring. In the garden, the flower often grows in cottage gardens and romantic gardens. If you use the columbine as a cut flower, bring some into your home. You can the bee friendly Combine cut flowers well with other flowers.
Especially in the period from May until June you can cut cut flowers from the columbine. The heyday of the plant can last until August. In the beginning, however, the columbine produces more beautiful flowers. It is best to plant a large area with the columbine. Then you have a nice selection in the flowering period.
For example, you can share the columbine with others wildflower species or flowers out cottage gardens combine. But many other combinations also make a good impression in the vase. The different sorts Columbines can be used very flexibly as cut flowers and are also used by flower shops.
The columbine preserved as a cut flower one week. Change the water in the vase occasionally and re-trim the bottoms of the cut flowers. In this way you help the cut flower with a good supply and keep it as long as possible.
Tip
The cut encourages new flowering
By the way, if you cut off the flowers before they wither, it will not adversely affect the plant. During the flowering period of the columbine, it even stimulates the formation of new flowers. In this respect, too, you can cut flowers from your columbine without any worries. Note that the columbine is easy poisonous is. It is best to wear protective gloves.