Enduring Columbines

Mother Nature does her own thing in my flower gardens.
I could never bring myself to pull up a seedling when it sprouts in an inconvenient place and if I'm unable to transplant them I'm sometimes rewarded with a nice surprise.

Blue Woods Columbine pops up around Dutch Iris

When I first started growing Columbines I was amazed at how hardy they are.  They look so fragile, but they're fairly drought tolerant even here in South Carolina where we can have very hot/dry summers.  When they're established they have a fairly long taproot that reaches down to where the soil is more moist.



Sometimes nature knows best.