Eastern red columbine, Aquilegia canadensis, is a native plant too much of central and eastern North America. It provides very nutritious native nectar for hummingbirds, bees, and other pollinators in spring. This plant evolved to bloom at the same time that Ruby-throated hummingbirds are migrating north. This plant is considered a medium spreading plant via seed. If you don’t want the plant spread spreading, you can cut the flowers off when they finish blooming before they create seedpods. You