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Matildapuddycat

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Jun 11, 2013, 8:17:41 AM6/11/13

Hi

I was hoping some of you lovely people could help me ID this flower, it
has sprung up this year and I have never seen it before. Does it grow
wild?

I hope the pic has attached, I am bit confused!!!

Thanks
Mat

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Jun 11, 2013, 11:41:34 AM6/11/13

I think that might be columbine.

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Alfred Falk

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Jun 11, 2013, 2:59:20 PM6/11/13

Matildapuddycat <Matildapudd...@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote in
news:Matildapudd...@gardenbanter.co.uk:

Columbine. _Aquilegia_. I can't say which species.

Farm1

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Jun 11, 2013, 7:38:46 PM6/11/13

"Natural - Smoking Gun - Girl" <a...@itseasyas.123.Isampleitdoreme> wrote in
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:-)) There is no 'might' about it - your identification was spot on. It is
a Columbine.

David E. Ross

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Jun 11, 2013, 8:37:15 PM6/11/13

Columbine is a perennial. All species are quite hardy, but many also
tolerate hot summers (e.g., southern California). Some grow wild in the
Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and there is a wild species (Aquilegia
vulgaris) native to Europe.

The plants require good drainage but are otherwise not fussy about soil.
They tend to be short-lived. Both hybrids and species readily reseed,
which is good in a garden because then seedlings replace the older plants.

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