In early May, I spent a few hours one morning at Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, Virginia. I had a wonderful time exploring the early spring flowers and was delighted to see some many types of Columbine (aquilegia). I had photographed two types of Columbine (McKana Group and Robin) at Longwood Gardens in April. So it was great to see all the colors of Columbine at Green Spring.
Here are a few of the colors of Columbine I photographed that morning.
Pale Yellow 
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Pale pink and yellow
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Red and yellow – aquilegia canadensis
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Light purple
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
And finally dark purple
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
The columbine has finished blooming for the year. I do have a few more photos of columbine from Longwood Gardens to post. Hopefully I’ll get them posted in the next week or so.