This perennial has upright foliage that forms a compact mounded habit. It has divided grey-green scalloped leaves and the pink, white to deep violet nodding bell-shaped flowers appear above the foliage in racemes from late spring to early summer.

Hardiness zones 3 to 10 

Aquilegia vulgaris is naturally found throughout Europe growing in mountain pastures and open dry or deciduous woodlands in a well drained fertile moist calcareous soil, that is loamy. It prefers an open sunny to partially shaded protected position and is frost and drought tolerant. 

Granny's Bonnet is grown for its flowers and is clumping habit.  It is planted in herbaceous borders or rockeries in small or cottage gardens and is suitable to cool mountainous regions. It establishes in 2 to 3 years tolerating a wide range of climatic conditions and prefers to be left undisturbed. ID 2754

Aquilegia (ak-wil-EE-gee-ah) vulgaris (vul-GAH-ris)

Ranunculaceae (ra-nun-kew-LAY-see-ee)   
Buttercups, Monkshood, Cohosh, Columbine