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They have several colors of doubles. A friend of mine has dark red; I'll try to get a photo sometime!oh neato! i've not seen a double before of those.
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Here’s a dark purple one that I’ve had for a few years…
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Some bird dropped columbine seeds maybe 7 years ago, and they keep spreading.
Here is where I leave them grow, in between my front steps. They have spread around the front bed AND around to the north side of the house. I even have a lighter, lavendar colored Columbine that came up this year.
Not sure why, but it's pretty!
Columbine plants live 3 years and drop tons of seed. Happy weed, indeed!
Here is where I leave them grow, in between my front steps. They have spread around the front bed AND around to the north side of the house. I even have a lighter, lavendar colored Columbine that came up this year.
Not sure why, but it's pretty!
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And the iris's co-ordinate!
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This year’s columbines…
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I'm in the PNW and cannot keep my columbine alive!!!
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Wonder why, @Rhodie Ranch ?
I had a miniature columbine that I thought of as a "Granny's Bonnet." The cute thing was in a location where there was a serious lack of sunshine. The plant lived for years but recently didn't make it back from a Winter. Other columbine (standards) volunteer at such a rate that I really don't know how long old plants stay around. It probably isn't forever. I actually have to weed some of the volunteers out, however.
They are mountain plants and probably don't benefit from too much water, liking well-drained soil.
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I had a miniature columbine that I thought of as a "Granny's Bonnet." The cute thing was in a location where there was a serious lack of sunshine. The plant lived for years but recently didn't make it back from a Winter. Other columbine (standards) volunteer at such a rate that I really don't know how long old plants stay around. It probably isn't forever. I actually have to weed some of the volunteers out, however.
They are mountain plants and probably don't benefit from too much water, liking well-drained soil.
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they do fine here in clay flatland, but it is not sodden, full sun.
like you say i do have to remove a lot of plants that spring up in various places from all the seeds they drop if we don't get them trimmed before then.
