Garden Columbine(Aquilegia spp.)
Although this specimen is a garden columbine rather than a wild Canadian columbine (Aquilegia canadensis), its position in a corner of the garden in front of the little blue house in the village is one which always gives me pleasure in late May and early June.
This plant is several years old, and it has occupied its present living space since I moved it there seven years ago to give it more growing room - the large blooms with their ornate architecture and rosy colour are really something to see, and they always make me think of a truly funky hat.
Together with various specimen hostas (the huge ones), astilbes, monksood and Asiatic lilies, my columbine lives in a shady alcove near the cobblestone walkway leading to the front door. It is the first bloom our guests encounter when they visit at this time of the year, and I think of it as a kind of welcoming committee.
This plant is several years old, and it has occupied its present living space since I moved it there seven years ago to give it more growing room - the large blooms with their ornate architecture and rosy colour are really something to see, and they always make me think of a truly funky hat.
Together with various specimen hostas (the huge ones), astilbes, monksood and Asiatic lilies, my columbine lives in a shady alcove near the cobblestone walkway leading to the front door. It is the first bloom our guests encounter when they visit at this time of the year, and I think of it as a kind of welcoming committee.
6 comments:
Cate, She's a beauty, your lady in the funky pink hat!
Beautiful picture, beautiful flower. The early bloomers are a particular joy, aren't they?
Hi kerrdelune
Beautiful, delicate photo! I've always wondered what that was called. It makes for a gracious welcoming committee.
And what a welcome! Elegant and gracious. I have the plain 'common-or-garden' purple aquilegia. Not at all as interesting.
Superb! It looks like a fairy flower or something. A strange kind of sweet light.
Beautiful! This is one of my favorite flowers. I'd love to have this post join the Sunday Garden Stroll at a wrung sponge.
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