With gillyflowers: Bring coronation, and sops in wine,
Worn of paramours. Strew me the ground with daffadowndillies,
And cowslips, and kingcups, and loved lilies.
~Edmund Spenser
The Shepherd's Calendar
"April"
These are the columbines that are growing in a big pot on our back deck.
Last summer, my friend MaryFran bought them for me, and they were just in a small pot and they didn't flower at all, but for two blooms. I kind of thought it was just going to die, but I left it in the pot over the winter and this spring it has EXPLODED in blooms and quadrupled in size.
I love it.
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