Monday, April 18, 2011

Columbines


I can't get the fancy columbines to grow, but these humble, unimproved ones seed freely in my shady beds.

9 comments:

  1. Absolutely Beautiful!!!

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  2. Very pretty.... it's snowing here in Iowa, and making me wonder if spring will ever be here.....

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  3. Columbines are my favorite! Every year I try a couple of different varieties from seed. Right now I don't have the red and yellow ones, but they are so sweet.

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  4. Lovely! In my garden, the columbines are just poking through the ground, and it will be just a few more weeks before I have a vase full of them in my kitchen!

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  5. I remember those from my childhood, never reized they were Columbine. Didn't we call them Jack in the Pulpit? I also remember picking bouquets of blue Lupine, white Daisies & orange spotted Tiger Lillies. I miss those wild flowers!

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  6. After spending part of my childhood in CO, I have a special love of columbines! They are stunning. I love the ones you are growing- understated, but still unmistakably columbine.

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  7. Lucky you! They're prettier anyway!

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  8. I love Columbines. I have never grown any though, I guess I am paranoid that I will kill them in my finicky soil.

    On another note I saw these Ornithology themed Easter eggs and thought of Felix- http://blog.imaginechildhood.com/imagine-childhood/2011/04/-eggs-for-ornithology.html

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  9. I have those in my garden to but they are just coming out, can't wait for the flowers.

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