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Thread #126160   Message #2932754
Posted By: Alice
22-Jun-10 - 02:46 PM
Thread Name: BS: Gardening 2010
Subject: RE: BS: Gardening 2010
Today I am cleaning out a neglected flower bed under a grove of aspens. Somewhere in there are day lilies and Siberian iris. Gradually pulling out grass and weeds, I am adding spruce needles for mulch and uncovering more Columbine volunteers. I have Columbines that reseed themselves every year around the yard, and this year lots of white ones are blooming. A few years ago, they started blooming as doubles and triple flowers, which I'd never seen before. Colors range from white to pink to blue to deep purple.

I found an example of what they look like when they start tripling up their petals.
http://www.wuvie.net/columbine.jpg


This is what Columbines normally looks like:

http://www.westford.com/fingerhut/Flowers/Columbine.jpg


Alice