Harvesting seeds from columbine plants?

The flowers have faded and pods are left. Do I let them dry on the plant or open the pods and place in a bag? I opened one pod and see several green seeds (I think they are seeds!).

Harvesting seeds from columbine plants?
Leave them to dry naturally until well into the autumn!The seeds are green because they're unripe,leave them to dry,then store in an airtight container for sowing next spring.


Columbines (Aquilegias) cross pollinate,so the seedlings will differ from the original plant.
Reply:Best to let them dry, and once they start to split, pick them carefully and shake the seed into a clean container for storage and/ or replanting
Reply:The seeds are black when dry. I have success cutting the plant down to the basal foilage and laying the cut plant on the ground where I want the seeds to be when they dry and the pods open; they plant themselves this way.
Reply:I wait until they dry up then put them in a bag and plant them the following year, I have had much success that way.

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