Columbine

Mother’s Day dinner with Raymond, Jeanne and Jeanne’s family. After dinner we had a tour of Jeanne’s gardens. Columbine is the genus Aquilegia (family Ranunculaceae), with 255 species listed in PhytoImages. I’ve appealed to my expert for a possible species ID (canadensis?).

Genus page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Aquilegia&rank=genus

One year ago (“Commencement 2012”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-05-12
Two years ago (“Bittersweet”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-05-12

[dave bennett]

very graceful

[Rick Schies]

A very unique and beautiful species

[Jean Tookey]

A beautiful capture.