Aquilegia vulgaris var. 'Black Barlow'
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That color sure tops the old Nora B as far as I'm concerned- wow!
Posted by: Annie in Austin | 19 April 2007 at 05:28 PM
I have some Black Barlows in my garden, but they won't bloom until early May or even later. Can't wait!
Posted by: Carol | 19 April 2007 at 06:15 PM
OK... these have my attention.
Posted by: The County Clerk | 20 April 2007 at 01:01 AM
Absolutely gorgeous, but I must admit when I first skimmed the name, my brain automatically registered it as Aguilera. . . as in Christina.
Does anyone know how to shut off the internal "autocorrect"?
Posted by: Heather | 20 April 2007 at 07:21 AM
Heather: here's how: (I know I harp on about the scientific names endlessly but...) The problem is that one word means something to you and other doesn't. This is natural. So... Aquilegia is from the latin Aquila... EAGLE. Aquiline. Aquilegia means Eagle's Claw.
Now THAT'S something to remember, huh? Not Christina Aguilera but a common (vulgaris - vulgar) Eagle claw. These are the Columbines. It is a reference to the flower petals. Eagle Claws.
Nice huh? My ex (and pretty much everyone) thinks I am ridiculous, but I happen to think Eagles in my garden make life more interesting. That's just me.
You'll never look at this plant the same way again. And the next time you see the word, you might say "Aha!" EAGLES! CLAWS!
Or Not.
Posted by: The County Clerk | 20 April 2007 at 08:17 PM
Annie: I love Nora Barlow though (one of my favorite pics was taken of her: http://talesfromthelaboratory.typepad.com/tales_from_the_microbial_/2006/04/charles_darwins.html). I know, I know, I need to figure out how to do links in comments. But geez, I just figured out how to do them on my sidebar, and too much shouldn't be expected of me at once!
Carol: I just have one. I have intermittent luck with columbines - but I love them, and miss how they behaved in my Michigan garden. So sometimes they last a few years, and then disappear, and I start all over again. I need to try a few varieties native to the south.
CC: You are plant obsessed (I'm not saying that this is a bad thing). Oh...and word obsessed (but isn't it cool that we are now linked on the history of the delphiniums site? Sort of?).
Heather: See The County Clerk's comment below yours...and - I swear sometimes I think I edit for a living because I review so much, and I know that I've been working too much when I start editing newspaper or magazine text. It's annoying as hell to not be able to shut it off.
Posted by: Pam | 20 April 2007 at 08:59 PM