Nice year for the Columbines we've scattered around our gardens:
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Gorgeous! I sprouted some seeds in late winter and planted out my first ones ever this spring. Looks like only a few seedlings established and won't bloom this year, but I read the ones that later self-seed from there will likely be stronger and spread more and more each year. I am eager to see what I get next year.
MikeInBatonRouge
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May 12, 2020
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That's accurate. And you can assist by harvesting the seed pods and scattering where you'd like to see them in the future.
lovely bumper crop! mine haven't bloomed yet.
Donna_I
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May 11, 2020
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The most amazing specimens of columbines I have ever seen came from a garden in Alaska. Those plants were huge. It must have something to do with the climate and length or shortness of the season.
@Spinliesel would be interesting to try to grow some here! 
@Donna_I You have some extreme weather in Iowa? I am pretty sure you can grow these flowers near the house or a fence.
@Spinliesel may have been mckana's they get big and are usually referred to as giant
@Spinliesel They are considered a perineal here if I can keep the critters from munching them to oblivion. (knock on wood) I have two that may bloom next week ish. The flower stock is just unfurling.
So beautiful! I have the wild, blue and pink ones all over my yard.
Spinliesel
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