The columbines do as they please in our garden. Over the years they have moved in from who knows where, and done much replicating. I have made only one deliberate introduction which is a lovely lemon one saved from an overgrown plot at the allotment. Every spring we have additional variations in the indigenous colour scheme, this season’s new shade being white with hints of mauve and purple. We also have various pinks, deep violet, burgundy and ivory and some of them have now moved into the front garden that sits beside the road so who knows where they will be off too next. A world invaded by columbines – well, why not?
So here are some garden views – inside back and outside back (guerrilla garden), and lastly our roadside bed which I feel could now serve as a reference plot for the Haphazard School of Cultivation. I’m not sure what the poppies are doing there – shades of Heinz tomato soup. Ah well. They’re looking very jolly – a spot of light relief from Lockdown-itis.
i love columbines, each one is so delicate and beautiful
And it’s amazing just how much time you can spend looking at them 🙂
Yes, each blossom is a work of art in itself
Beautiful, gorgeous pastel shades of pink, blue and purple.
Nice
Thank you.
What a beautiful garden (front and back) – and what perfect weather we have had to make your garden grow…with all those cockle shells in a row:). Janet
Hello Janet. Yes, the weather has been pretty good for gardening. All sorts going on out there – planned and most not planned. Happy Monday.
I like the ‘no so planned’ gardens the best:)
Very pretty, and practical. I like the un- cultivated look you have cultivated.
Tres natural.
Thanks, Ark. The current look is a lot down to the fact that it’s usually quite difficult to garden out there due to the speeding traffic. Been a bit easier lately of course. Also did a lot of mulching in the autumn and spring to try and cut down on need to weed and left it to it.
Spectacular treat of beautiful flowers! Just the recipe to brighten the spirits in present times. Thanks.
Dilip
Happy to do a bit of brightening, Dilip. Thank you.
gorgeous blooms in your beautiful garden! 🙂
Cheers, Lola.
Amazing flowers, one of the few that do well in our garden. Like yours our aquilegias pop up in all manner of hues including doubles. This year we have a pure white one.
They’re so good at popping up 🙂
Gorgeous pastel shades of Columbine, Tish!
They’re very soothing aren’t they.
What lovely natural gardens you have there Tish. Granny’s bonnets rule!! And I bet the bees are happy too.
Granny’s bonnets galore. My yellow one has burst forth this morning. A mass of elegant chapeaux.
They do as they please and they do please! My heart is now full and happy despite the problems I’m having trying to get some tomato plant and herbs to grow. 🙂
janet
Happy to bring you flowers, Janet, though sorry if you’re struggling on the growing front. Must be v. difficult in high temps.
And poor soil that’s quite hard and rocky.
Definitely big stumbling blocks for little seedlings.
So beautiful. I love columbines.
Alison
They are hard not to love, aren’t they 🙂
They’re a lovely contrast with the old stone, Tish 🙂 🙂 When my daughter moved to their present home she was extremely happy with how well they colonised as at that stage there was little else in the garden. It’s beautiful now.
They are so accommodating. They even seem to grow in not much at all. We have them in the paving by the back door.
The thought ‘jumble of joy’ sprang to mind as I looked at your photos. It works. I’m going to stick with it 😊
I so like that, Joanne. Jumble of joy. Thank you 🙂
Fantastic images
Thank you, Pete.
and how fabulous they retain all the different colours. We find we have lots turning up each year too, but gradually they all seem to be turning the same shade.
Ours do tend towards pinkness I must admit.
Yup soft pink dominates here too!
Oh northern hemisphere spring! Will I ever see it again? Beautiful photos, Tish. So yes I will – through you and Jude!
Spring is being particularly spectacular this year despite very odd weather, drought with arctic-wind interludes and minor heatwaves. It’s easy to think it’s because we’re all home and therefore noticing more. But I’m wondering if it isn’t the other way round. The natural world is putting on a special show for us 😉
As to future travel, that really has a huge ‘?’ hanging over it. What will we make of all this in a year’s time?
Wonderful garden!
Thank you for visiting it, Julie 🙂
Lovely!
I never knew the name of this flower… now I know… Thanks Tish!
It is also called ‘aquilegia’, its more formal botanical title, and then there are lots of vernacular names like Granny’s bonnets 🙂