Plant A Columbine This Season and Be Surprised Next Season!
Columbine Flower
This is a self-seeded Columbine under my only oak tree. A free plant. Growing in an unexpected place in the garden – a shady path in between a few hostas and inappropriately planted daylilies (which prefer a sunny spot to this shady one).
Columbine flower heads face downward, so you rarely see the attractive petals and anthers, but you can in this photo – taken from a different point of view. It is a rewarding plant for me because its self-seeding nature always surprises me with happy flowers around the garden in unexpected places like this little plant. Pick a bloom and it floats well in a bowl of water so you can see the petals more clearly.
Try growing a Columbine this year and see what surprises you find next year as well – the flowery gift that keeps on giving!
one of my favorite spring flowers…I love all the varieties and have large and small everywhere…and you are right they just keep on giving…so I give them to others if I have to move any….I also enjoy capturing pics of them…some of the Barlow ones are easier to photograph…thx for this lovely reminder of what I will see in a few months in my garden
Thanks for the lovely note. I SO miss the green in the garden!
Shawna
I'll have to try this flower!
I started columbine from seed last year and it wasn't established enough to bloom – but I hope for blooms and self-seeding this Spring!
Definitely try the Columbine – amazing little flower!
Shawna