Behold Wild Columbine, also known as Red Columbine. Until I saw this, I had only seen the fancy cultivated kind, and had no idea there was a wild variety! Here is the cultived fancy kind I have snapped.
And here is the Wild Red that I just discovered! It was in someone's yard a few houses away.
Quite a difference, isn't there? Having five petals in the wild, the columbine flower was said
to relate to foolishness because of its physical resemblance to a jester's
five-pronged cap. Did you know the bible describes at least five kinds of fools?
“Fools find no
pleasure in understanding, but delight in airing their own opinions”
Proverbs 18:2
20 comments:
Great post Ginny, I like the story behind the flowers. I have a pink and purple columbine, my grandpa loved columbine, so they remind me of him.
They are all so beautiful. I like the smaller blooms too.
I have some in the garden I love their different colours.
I love Columbines and you took great photos of these. Interesting story behind them too.
I have never seen these flowers before... thanks for sharing them here, something new I learn today!
I had no idea there was a wild variety either. Both are pretty.
The cultivated fancy flower is beautiful but the wild ones are pretty too in their own way.
We had the blue Columbine growing Wilson our Colorado property It's the state flower
Not Wilson...wild
The wild kind is the only kind I knew of when I was young.
Both varieties are beautiful.
i Have not seen these flowers, wild or cultivated, except what you show us. both are beautiful. I lean towards wild and prefer that over cultivated. both colors are goregous.
They are both beautiful but the wild one is my favorite!
They are both lovely. I've heard so much about them, but I'm not sure if I've seen them in the wild or in a garden.
I'm sure I've seen those flowers somewhere! They both are beautiful!
Those are both very beautiful. Love the proverbs quote.
I have some Wild Columbine in my garden. I love their delicate look.
I never knew the story behind the name. Interesting!
We have some blue columbine growing in our garden.
If I've ever seen this flower in person, I do not remember! So lovely. xoxo
That's our state flower and you will see it in the mountains everywhere. :-)
Such lovely photos.
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