The Columbine

Columbines are in the genus Aquilegia, which is in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. The U.S. native wild columbine in the East, A. candenensis, can be recognized by its red and yellow flowers. A number of columbines are native to the western part of the country. The two popular ones that grow in the Rocky Mountains are Colorado columbine, A. caerulea, with blue or white two-inch flowers, and golden columbine, A. chrysanthana, which grows to three feet tall and has stunning yellow, long-spurred flowers. Many hybrid columbines are also available from nurseries in a wide range of colors, with flowers from one-and-a-half to four inches wide and up to six inches long. Others in the buttercup family that are commonly grown in gardens include Anemone, Hepatica, Clematis, Trollius, Delphinium, and Aconitum.

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tracting flowers. However, bees are also attracted to the flower, but since they cannot reach the nectar in the long, narrow tubes, they land on top of the flower and poke a hole into the spur to sip the nectar. Holes can often be seen in the top of the spurs. The flower of the wild columbine contains the following parts: nectar (produced in the flower's nectaries, located in such a position that insects will have to brush against the stamens and stigmas in order to access the nectar, a sucrose-containing attractant); spurs, or petals (slender, hollow projections of the petals, often containing nectar); stigmas (female flowers, surfaces of carpel receptive to pollen grains); and stamens (male parts of flowers, consisting of filaments and pollen-producing anthers). In terms of seasonal growth, columbine is perennial; in other words, it survives from one year to the next by means of vegetative organs such as corms or rhizomes. It overwinters as a rosette of leaves. More leaves are produced in early spring, and then the flowerstalks grow. Blooming occurs from midspring to early summer. Fruits are matured in midsummer and later are dispersed from the still-standing flowerstalks. These stalks die back and disintegrate in la
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