Combined Columbines

Published
by
Clifford
on June 7, 2009
in flowers and travel
.

blue_columbines Aha.

For a while, over the years, I’d see them in only one colour at a time, and would conjecture that they are all related since the shapes were all similar (out hiking on trails, the wild varieties - not these). See an earlier post on this here where the conjecture was confirmed by a bit of research with helpful discussion and links from some readers.

Now I found a cluster of them all together in an Aspen garden that I just happened to be walking by. So, columbines in three shades below for you (Click for larger views):

blue_columbine pink_columbine white_columbine

-cvj

On this day on Asymptotia...

Some Related Asymptotia Posts (not exhaustive):

2 Responses to “Combined Columbines”

Feed for this Entry Trackback Address
  1. 1 Jude
    June 7, 2009 at 3:33 pm

    We have a sucky state bird (the lark bunting doesn’t even make it to the western slope, so how can it be a “state” bird?) but our state flower is pretty cool, especially the purple ones.

  2. 2 Supernova
    June 7, 2009 at 5:22 pm

    We called these “shooting stars” when I was a kid. Now that I live in CO, how can I not love them? The two-toned ones are my favorites.

Share some thoughts:

(You can also securely login as a facebook user on the sidebar and share comments with friends!)