Columbine Flower orRocky Mountain Columbine-White and Lavender
(Aquilegia caerules) is the official Colorado State Flower. The Columbine flower (Colorado Blue Columbine) was designated as the Colorado state flower in April, 1899. The Columbine Flower, also known as the Colorado Columbine, was named from a Latin word Columba, which means dove, as it looked like the bird of peace.
Colorado specifies the white and lavender Rocky Mt. Columbine which has blue-violet petals and spurs, a white cup and yellow center. Blue is a symbol of the sky, white represents snow, and yellow symbolizes Colorado's gold mining history.
2 comments:
I am so glad you started a blog! Your "flowerbed" is gorgeous and I'll have to have Jan bring me for a tour of your gardens ;) Today we both showed columbines and I think we have the same blue one.
Beautiful columbine :-) Love your blog concept. A different flower each day! I will be checking back in to learn about all of your flowers.
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