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Self-hybridizing columbine?
We have columbine all over our yard. Not all of it seems to bloom, but yesterday I noticed that several had. Unlike last year, when the flowers were all simple columbine (like these, but of a very pretty magenta color), this year they all seem to be double-flower hybrids much like the one shown on the Wikipedia page linked above.
Do different varieties of columbine sometimes bloom in different years, or have my columbine self-hybridized?
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A lot of varieties bloom every other year, so that would make sense.
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I think I just read something about columbine tending to hybidize on their own. They are also supposed to be deer-resistant.
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We have some purple ones this year, that did not bloom over the past 2 springs...
And then in the Springs area I took this pic of some red ones that were way up on the rock face you walk under while on route to the bath house..
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The stink beetles probably hit 'em with some "special" fertilizer....
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