Smell the Flowers Week 8: Wild Columbine

Wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) in Talcott Mountain State Park  by Ragesoss at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wild_Columbine_2.jpg

Week 8, including the week of 2/25 through 3/3 of the Spring 2018 Smell the Flowers fitness challenge at Woodleaf United Methodist Church highlights wild columbine. This flower, also known as Aquilegia canadensis, is of the Ranunculaceae or Buttercup family. This red perennial plant loves full sun or part sun, grows to a height of about 2 feet, and typically blooms March-April-May-June. It can be found in the mountains, Piedmont, and coast of North Carolina.

For more information about the wild columbine, click here. Have you ever seen a columbine?

"And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not." Isaiah 58:11