These are Columbine seeds that I have: # Columbine 'Winky Purple and White'/Aquilegia 'Winky Purple and White' # Dark Blue with a white spur Columbine # Canadian Columbine/ Aquilegia Canadensis Please email me, thank you.

First of all, I want to take each and everyone of you for your valuable help. I should have asked this question a lot time ago. Let me tell you a bit about what I am trying to do. It is one of my dream to create a butterfly, hummingbird and bird friendly yard. Moreover, since I am new to the hobby, I am trying to learn as many things as possible. Another thing that I am interested in is to plant as many native plants as possible. Over the Winter, I purchased and carefully read what I consider to be an excellent book called: "100 easy-to-grow native plants for canadian gardens" by Lorraine Johnson. From this book, I selected 8 types of native flowers that I wanted to plant in my yard. The 8 flowers are: Butterfly Milkweek (Asclepias tuberosa) Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) Canadian Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis) Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) New England Aster (Aster Novae-angliae) Giant Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias Incarnata) Moreover, from the previous person who lived here we have Bee Balms, Jewelweed, some ferns, an apple tree and hedges. Also, we planted some Morning Glory earlier this May. I started all my plants indoor and only recently planted them outside. Since I didn't think that many of them would bloom on their first year, I decided to buy the McKenzie seeds Butterfly Garden mix that I mentionned. I figured that these may help the butterflies for the first year. However, after reading all your comments, I think that I will buy some annuals and plant them in containers. I have a few questions though. If I plant some annuals within say 1 week, will they bloom before the end of the summer or it is too late ? I shall write some more soon. Thank you all once again. Please feel free to give my any other comments about my plan. Ravel30

I have oodles of seeds. Been self-seeding in my garden since 1964. Sharon

I have transplanted this wild Columbine into my garden and they have done even better than they do in the wild around my home. I would suggest planting them right where you want them to grow; pots tend to dry out and stress plants more quickly. They tend to wilt soon after transplanting if they are going to at all so the fact that yours haven't is a good sign. Typically, the smaller the plant is the better it will transplant because there are fewer roots to disturb so if you transplant any more I would recommend taking baby ones. Also, transplanting ones that are or were in flower may stress them too much for them to finish setting seeds, just an idea because I don't know. Now that mine are established and flowering I let them go to seed the babies grow around the parents by themselves. Then you can transplant them the following spring if you want them elsewhere. Mine are growing in full shade but I think that they would probably do even better in part-full shade like you are planning on. So take courage, I think you're doing fine and you should be enjoying lovely columbines in your garden next spring!