Aquilegia vulgaris

Hello fellow plant lovers!

    I'm living in USDA zone 5.

    I have 2 specimens of Aquilegia vulgaris (I presume this is the
species, I could be mistaken), an unknown variety of columbine, in plastic
pots.  I purchased them this spring with the intentions of keeping one for
myself and sending the other to a friend.  Unfortunately they had their ups
and downs, and several times through the course of the year some pest
completely stripped the foilage from their leaves.  

    Now with winter fast approaching, I'm faced with the deciscion as to
wether to drop them into the ground and hope that their root system is
sufficient to tide them over to spring, or to bring them inside with my
tender perennials and allow them to spend the winter under artificial (high
intensity discharge) lighting.  The temperature indoor will likely be 55-65
through most of the winter.

    Does columbine require a cold, resting period in order to grow well?
If so I might be ensuring their deaths by bringing them inside.  If they'll
manage inside though, then perhaps I can have some extra growth on them by
spring, and a head start on the coming seeason.

   Any experiences out there either way?  Much thanks in advance for your
time in reading this and in responding.

Thanks for flying!
Glider

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