Aquilegia pyrenaica

Spanish Columbine. This is a sweet little plant with large flowers 

Large blooms on a dwarf plant

Spanish Columbine. This dear little dwarf blooms prolifically from spring into summer.

A compact clump of pretty, grey-green scalloped foliage. It is hardy and evergreen. Fine in full sun. Frost and very hot will not worry it. Part sun is also suitable. Tolerant of some periods of dry once established. Try it in front of a border or a pot or trough to make sure it isn't lost. 20cm.

Related to Aquilegia alpina, but distinctly shorter, with deep purple-blue flowers in January and February, this gem is quite suitable for the rock garden. In the wild it is found in stony grass, scree or boulders, on limestone, from about 1600m to about 2600m and is distinguished from Aquilegia vulgaris by its straight spurs, not rolled ones, and stamens shorter than the petals.

Lovely flower portrait: Tournasol7, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons