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Columbines

This is a good summer for columbines, both the ones planted around our yard, and the wild ones growing in the woods. This is a typical blue-white columbine and it's the Colorado state flower:

The wild ones look like this:

But I've been out in the middle of the wilderness, on top of a mountain miles from civilization, and there were thousands of the blue and white columbines, huge blossoms blooming in an aspen forest, so the blue and white ones can be wild, too.

posted on June 26, 2010 9:37 AM ()

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I know we would be too hot for them to survive, even in the shade but they are gorgeous.

comment by elderjane on June 27, 2010 11:22 AM ()

No I did not still waiting for my cousin to see if she can get them for me.
I think that she must have forgotten about it.Will check.I told her they are pretty pricey.Some day will have one.(Bird of Paradise)She lives in Florida

comment by fredo on June 27, 2010 8:15 AM ()

You can google for mail order places that say they sell them like that one in Georgia I told you about.

reply by troutbend on June 27, 2010 10:53 AM ()

Wow is that ever a beautiful flower! I didn't know it was the state flower...

comment by kristilyn3 on June 27, 2010 7:10 AM ()

The state song is: "Where the Columbines Grow" Sounds kind of corny.

reply by troutbend on June 27, 2010 10:54 AM ()

Your state flower is beautiful. I planted some in the shade in CA one year and they were gorgeous!

comment by jondude on June 26, 2010 4:20 PM ()

They are supposed to be a biennial but they re-seed themselves. I've read that after a few years they all revert to yellow, but I've been lucky so far to have a variety of colors over the years.

reply by troutbend on June 26, 2010 4:59 PM ()

Very pretty, thank you

comment by anacoana on June 26, 2010 2:18 PM ()

You bet. The last couple of years they have been showing up in unexpected places around the yard.

reply by troutbend on June 26, 2010 5:00 PM ()

We have them here.Yes they are beautiful and loved them.

comment by fredo on June 26, 2010 1:38 PM ()

I think they are the state flower for other states, mostly western. Did you get a bird of paradise yet?

reply by troutbend on June 26, 2010 5:01 PM ()

Lovely!

comment by nittineedles on June 26, 2010 11:15 AM ()

My mother was trying to get them to grow here the last few years of her life, and all these 24 years later she would be so thrilled with how they've developed.

reply by troutbend on June 26, 2010 5:02 PM ()

They are just beautiful and I will look them up. But I am guessing they won't grow down here where the heat is probably not good for them. Lovely name too.

comment by tealstar on June 26, 2010 9:44 AM ()

I think you're right - there is such a difference between your climate and mine, but one never knows. Maybe they do really good in your area year-round.

reply by troutbend on June 26, 2010 5:03 PM ()

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