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Post by Mumsey on May 16, 2024 8:40:13 GMT -5
These are very happy in the fence line! So I'm leaving them!
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Post by datgirl on May 16, 2024 12:30:15 GMT -5
I have some the same color. I have some pink ones that came up in the fence line. I left them alone too. Columbine are one of my favorite spring flowers.
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Post by binnylou on May 16, 2024 12:39:48 GMT -5
We have some of the โold fashioned โ salmon/yellow. It came from my mother in lawโs home after she left the farm. Itโs toughโฆIโve seen it grow from cracks of the limestone rock in the Devils Backbone at Backbone State Park. I should gather seed and scatter it around her headstone.
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Post by desertwoman on May 16, 2024 13:11:04 GMT -5
I should gather seed and scatter it around her headstone. Love this idea.
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Post by Mumsey on May 16, 2024 15:42:29 GMT -5
binnylou. I have the wild salmon one too. It doesnโt re-seed as readily as the others but I always have one growing.
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Post by heirloomfan on Jun 3, 2024 10:44:50 GMT -5
Mumsey,love Columbine and those are beautiful. Did you direct sow them and what time of the year?
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Jun 3, 2024 11:23:23 GMT -5
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Post by Mumsey on Jun 3, 2024 11:23:23 GMT -5
I planted some plants years ago. Now they pop up wherever!!!
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Post by breezygardener on Jun 3, 2024 15:54:27 GMT -5
Yes - they do love to self-seed. I used to have several colors & varieties (both the spurred & the bonnet types), but this year I only saw the red/orange wild type & both spurred & self-sown bonneted deep purple/almost black from a variety called "Guinness". Need to sprinkle or winter-sow some seeds for next season.
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