Isn’t she sweet?
Shhhh! Don’t tell any of my other columbine flowers, but Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Winky Double Rose White’ is one of my personal favorites. Winky is a demure, double-flowered beauty who proudly holds her pretty face upward for all to see, rather than nodding downward like many of her columbine cousins. Her charming blooms feature crimson red outer petals with ruffled layers of rose-pink and creamy white inner petals and bright yellow pollen-bearing stamens.
She keeps on returning every spring, even though I mistakenly planted her a few years ago on the edge of a garden path which receives strong afternoon sun. Columbine really prefers to grow on the edge of a somewhat shady woodland environment. I’m so thankful to see that she has finally seeded herself around a bit, so I will be sure to relocate a digging or two of the pretty little seedlings to a shadier location in the hopes that she will form another amazingly gorgeous colony.
Barefoot Lily Lady 