The Columbine
I have quite a few columbines in my flower beds. I think I got them started by sprinkling seeds around, --seeds that Carolyn probably gave me. I am very intrigued by the columbine bloom. It's so unusual. I usually think of the bloom as a kind of crown but tonight I checked the Internet to find out a few things about columbines.
I learned that the Latin name for columbine is a word which means eagle and it is named thus because what I think of as points of a crown are usually thought of as spurs, as of the eagles' talons.
When my brother and I were children, there was a ravine area below our place that we loved to explore. It was in deep shade and was probably always damp there. There were lovely wildflowers there. One of them was the columbine, but I didn't know its name then. The ones we found were orange and we delighted to bring some home for our mother.
My columbines are various colors but none of them are orange. Each one is wonderfully intricate and especially lovely. I'm glad that I can grow columbine in my flower garden.
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