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

Smell the Flowers Week 5: Doll's Eyes

Actaea pachypoda 2005, sep 4 by pethan Botanical Gardens Utrecht University at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Actaea_acuminata01.jpg

Week 5, including the week of 2/4 through 2/10 of the Spring 2018 Smell the Flowers fitness challenge at Woodleaf United Methodist Church highlights doll's eyes or white baneberry. This flower, also known as Acteae pachypoda, is of the Ranunculaceae or buttercup family. The doll's eye appearance only occurs when the flower is in the young seed pod stage. This perennial plant likes the shade, grows to a height of about 2 feet, and typically blooms April and May. It can be found in the mountains and rarely in the Piedmont of North Carolina.

For more information about doll's eyes, click here. Have you ever seen doll's eyes?

"The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever." Isaiah 40:8