Is this a Columbine? I didn't think I had any purple in that mixed-color-pkt!
To my novice eye, the leaves look like Columbines. For now I'm calling them "Purple Nod-Head" mystery flowers.
There is one small set of buds, almost ready to open, on stalks about 20-24" tall (very few leaves up there). Then, down 5-7" above soil level, there is a dense bunch of leaves and lots of younger buds.
I know I set out some of these 'McKana's Giant' two years ago, but I don 't remember young blooms "nodding" like this. And they were all very light pastel in color.
Columbine 'McKana's Giant' Blend
Aquilegea - hybrida
Botanical Interests Item #1007
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If they are Columbines but not 'McKana's Giant' , they might have come from a traded pkt that I don 't remember having sown yet.
