Aquilegia Species, Columbine, European Columbine, European Crowsfoot, Granny's Bonnets (Aquilegia vulgaris)

Aquilegia Species, Columbine, European Columbine, European Crowsfoot, Granny's Bonnets
Aquilegia vulgaris

These occur naturally in a friend's garden in Kent, England.

I love them - they always look so fresh & pretty, no mtter what color they are! The grow all over the place in Colorado too and is their state flower.

Wow- what a beautiful group.
Was the grass mown up to the columbines?
(If so, wise to stop there.)

BTW, any orchids in the grass? (sorry, my own fetish - would love to grow your Orchis simia and various Ophrys ssp. here, but am not holding my breath.)

Cheers

Hi both. Yes Lophophora, the grass is mown up to them. In fact a few may be lost, but there are just soooo many - this isn't the only patch!

The orchids are in an adjacent meadow. Nothing rare, but beautiful just the same. Common spotted, pyramidal and fragrant. Some Ophrys apifera grow in a neighbours meadow.

Meant to say, just love all those orchids you've been posting L., beautiful photos

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I need no reason to love Granny's Bonnets, wonderful stand Philomel.


Hi Lophophora
Welcome to Dave's :) Surely Ophrys will do well in Japan, they do very well here on acid soil in the forest. I went for an interview once for a food processors in Lymington and the Bee Orchids had sown themselves between the wall of the factory and the carpark. Stunning sight but I can't get in to take a pic because the car park is security locked :(.

Philomel

What do you mean nothing rare? LOL I thought all native orchids came under the wildlife protection act

Baa - thanks for the welcome.

I'm sure I could grow your beautiful bee orchids here (there are several native species that have the same requirements, and I've done ok with the ones I've tried) but the export restrictions your gov. and the Washington Convention places on them make it very difficult to find a nursery in the UK or the continent that will go to the trouble of mail-ordering to foreign countries. I've made a few inquiries, but no one seems enthusiastic...

Guess I'll have to stick to Columbines!

Too bad you couldn't get any pictures of the factory stand. If you find anymore, I'd love to see your pictures...hint, hint ;-)

(And philomel, thanks again for the encouragement!)

Unfortunately only a very few spp are fully protected Baa :(
Whenever i find them on a development site where i'm dealing with dormice and/or bats i always include them in my report, but i think it's only about 3 spp that can halt the work.

Such a shame you can't get hold of the spp you'd like Lophophora, but please keep photographing the ones you have - they're superb (plants and photos)

Lophophora

I see what you mean. There is a nursery which specialises in natives and orchids in the next county (Hardy Orchids in Dorset) but you've probably made contact with them already. http://www.hardyorchids.supanet.com/main6.html

If I do find another stand of bee orchids I'll definitely be running for my camera!
(I agree with Philomel, you take fantastic pics!)

Philomel

Ahh such a pity that only 3 species of orchids will halt the work. They seem to be building more and more in our part of England don't they. I dread to think how many species we are losing through it all.