by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 3, 2013 | Flowers, Ranunculaceae Family
I love Columbine (aquilegia)! It’s one of my favorite wildflowers. I’ve also grown to love the various cultivated varieties I see at the botanical gardens – the flowers come in so many wonderful combinations of colors.
I recently photographed some Swan Red and White Columbine. Like other columbines, Swan Red and White is a spring blooming perennial that grows in either sunny or partly sunny areas of your yard or garden.
I just loved the combination of the red and white in these stunning flowers
© 2013 Patty Hankins
© 2013 Patty Hankins
© 2013 Patty Hankins
© 2013 Patty Hankins
© 2013 Patty Hankins
I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this wonderful columbine. I can’t wait to see the Eastern Columbine in the Smoky Mountains next month.
Do you a favorite variety of columbine? If you do – I’d love to hear which one it is.
by hankinslawrenceimages | May 23, 2012 | Flowers, Ranunculaceae Family, Wildflowers
Columbine © 2011 Patty Hankins
Columbine – what can I say – it’s one of those wildflowers that I just have to photograph every time I see it. Which means I have lots of Columbine photos. As I was looking through some of my photos that I haven’t posted – I realized there about twenty columbine photos I”ve edited and not shared here on the blog – and that’s just the wild columbine we have here on the East Coast – that doesn’t include the wonderful columbine I’ve photographed out west or some of the cultivated varieties I’ve photographed. And don’t worry – I’m not going to put all the photos into one blog post – just my favorites 🙂
© 2012 Patty Hankins
Columbine – Aquilegia canadensis – is a member of the buttercup (Ranunculaceae) family native to eastern two-thirds of the United States and Canada. It is very common throughout much of its range – only listed as endangered in Florida. Known for it’s showy red and yellow flowers, columbine are a bell-shaped flower with backward pointing tubes containing nector. Hummingbirds and a few long tongued insects are particularly attracted to nectar of the columbines.
© 2012 Patty Hankins
Columbine grows well in shade/partial shade – preferring sandy well-drained soils. The plants grow to be 2-3 feet tall. The flowers themselves are almost two inches long. In addition to attracting hummingbirds to your garden – columbine are both deer and rabbit resistant. Columbine are not hard to grow – I have several thriving plants in my garden – and as many of you know – plants have to be pretty hardy to survive in my garden.
© 2011 Patty Hankins
Columbine was used for medicinal purposes by many native American tribes and early European settlers. The seeds were used by early settlers to speed childbirth – until it was discovered that large doses of columbine seeds could be poisonous. Native Americans used it to treat ailments ranging from heart trouble to poison ivy. It was also used as a love potion and to detect bewitchment.
© 2012 Patty Hankins
More information about Columbine can be found at
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Missouri Botanical Garden
Native American Ethnobotany
Robert W. Freckman Herbarium
USDA Plant Profiles
© 2012 Patty Hanknis
© 2012 Patty Hankins
by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 2, 2012 | Flowers, Photo of the Month, Ranunculaceae Family, Wildflowers
Columbine © 2011 Patty Hankins
Columbine (aquilegia canadensis) is one of my favorite spring wildflowers. The combination of red and yellow add a wonderful splash of color to the spring landscape. I photographed this columbine blossom along River Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I’ll be in the Smokies later this month and am hoping to photograph more Columbine this year.
Until April 30, 2012, SAVE 20% off the regular prices for Columbine. The photograph is available through my website in two sizes of gallery-wrapped canvases.
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As with all photographs from BeautifulFlowerPictures.com, Columbine comes with my Unconditional Happiness Guarantee. You have one year to decide that it is the perfect photograph for you. If it’s not, just return it (in original condition) for a full refund.
by hankinslawrenceimages | Jan 21, 2012 | Flowers, New Photos, Wildflowers
Columbine © 2011 Patty Hankins
I’ve recently added a new photo – Columbine – to my Beautifulflowerpictures.com website.
Columbine (aquilegia canadensis) are one of my favorite spring wildflowers. The combination of red and yellow add a wonderful splash of color to the spring landscape. I photographed this columbine blossom along River Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. There are a couple of patches of Columbine I visit (and photograph) every year in the Smokies – I’m already looking forward to seeing them in 2012.
This photograph is available as either at 10 X 10″ or 20 X 20″ gallery-wrapped canvas. You can order Columbine from my website.
by hankinslawrenceimages | Oct 2, 2010 | Colorado, Flowers, News, Photo Locations, Photo of the Month, Wildflowers
Colorado Blue Columbine (c) 2010 Patty Hankins
One of my goals on my trip to Colorado this summer was to photograph the Colorado Blue Columbine, the Colorado State Flower. I photographed the Colorado Blue Columbine in several places – each time thinking WOW! These are wonderful. I’m not going to find any better than these. And then I got to Yankee Boy Basin in the San Juan Mountains. I was a little further south and at a higher altitude than I had been at previously. The Columbine at Yankee Boy Basin were the most the beautiful I saw during my entire trip. I really like the way this set of five blossoms clustered together – a beautiful composition created by Mother Nature for me to photograph. I hope you enjoy this Colorado Blue Columbine photograph as much as I do.
Until October 31, 2010, SAVE 20% off the regular prices for Colorado Blue Columbine. The photograph is available through my website in two sizes of gallery-wrapped canvases.
Save $ 20 on the 12X18″ Canvas – regular price $ 99 – October Photo of the Month Price – $ 79.00
Save $ $ 80 on the 20X30″ Canvas – regular price $ 399 – October Photo of the Month Price – $ 319.00
Free shipping to U.S. Addresses for either size photograph.
As with all photographs from BeautifulFlowerPictures.com, Colorado Blue Columbine comes with my Unconditional Happiness Guarantee. You have one year to decide that it is the perfect photograph for you. If it’s not, just return it (in original condition) for a full refund.
