A bouquet of columbines

Probably the most delicate looking flowers in the garden, they are incredibly hardy. They are the first up after the soil is warm, and bloom till late in the falll Even after a heavy frost they're still producing new buds. They do become invasive if you don't keep after the seed pods and the seedlings, but the fact that they are so prolific means that there's a constant supply to add to new flower beds. These have all been in place for two years. I added some blue ones to another flower bed, and they're just getting started along with a red one that I bought because it reminded me of how they grow wild in the ditches along most of the roads in SE Manitoba.