Friday Favorite: Found Flowers
I spotted this little columbine blooming in the back border, behind a few other things. It’s quite a looker, with it’s double flowers. It may be Aquilegia ‘Barlow Bordeaux’, I’m not positive since I didn’t plant it.
My other columbines are all singles. There’s a a deep purple one blooming by the back door that I brought from Ohio and a very light pink that I found growing under the porch. I’ll be saving seeds from all three varieties to see what I get.
Do you grow any columbine?
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We have very little sun so only one small patch on the patio that I enjoy every year.
to Lee's comment
I don’t grow any here now… …maybe someday.
I agree that your burgundy columbine is quite a looker.
to bonnie knox's comment
I have lots of columbines. Most of them are accidentals, pollinated by the bees or hummys. I did plant a Nora Barlow years ago and now a lot of my others are double or partly double. I planted a yellow one last year and it came back this year. I also have some of the little red wild ones. Love them!
to k's comment
That sure is beautiful! I use to have a few different columbine growing here. It seems the only one to survive is a single bloom pale purple. That has spread all over!
to Jodiana's comment
What you call “Found Flowers”, I call “Gifts From Birds”. Heh. It’s such a little thing, but so joyful, to find something you didn’t plant, growing and blooming. Other than bindweed and puncture vine, that is.
to Ilene's comment