How to Use columbine in a Sentence

columbine

noun

• At this time of year, Jack-in-the pulpit and columbine bloom on the forest floor.
  — USA TODAY, 12 May 2017
• Try ferns, clover, the emerging baby leaves of columbine, even cut up some chives.
  — oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2020
• Wild columbine is a fine choice for a gravelly slope, rock ledge, or rock garden.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2022
• The dry prairie along the bluff top is home to little bluestem, wild bergamot, columbine and silky aster — a colorful display in the spring.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2018
• The Colorado blue columbine is Colorado's state flower.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2023
• In early summer, look to the alpine meadows of Flagstaff and the White Mountains adorned with fleabane, blue flax, paintbrush, columbine and more.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2024
• One of these plants is the serpentine columbine, or Aquilegia eximia.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2015
• Some of these flowering plants include bee balms, columbine flowers, daylilies, lupines and petunias.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 10 Apr. 2023
• The works included Colorado’s state flower, the blue columbine, as well as yucca, lupines, mushrooms and other plants.
  — Colleen Smith, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2017
• Coni Sanders, whose father, Dave, a teacher, was killed in the attack, said that a floor tile with an image of the purple columbine flower lay near where her father had been shot.
  — New York Times, 7 June 2019
• Native columbine, Solomon seal, creeping phlox and wild geranium are not far behind.
  — Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 17 Apr. 2021
• Ironweed, bergamot, prairie blazingstar, tall Joe Pye weed, Ohio goldenrod and columbine are some of the flowers featured.
  — Jennifer Rude Klett, Journal Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2023
• For the latter, check out things like bee balms, columbines, lupines, foxgloves, hollyhocks, cleomes, impatiens and petunias.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Feb. 2020
• Regretfully some like the peonies, iris and columbine still do not grow locally but others do.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 11 May 2018
• Deadhead columbine to prolong its bloom, which can last into summer for some varieties.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2024
• Those columbines grew vigorously on the east side of their house, showing their approval of this sun orientation.
  — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 5 July 2017
• Seeds of most columbine species do not require cold in order to germinate, but hot soil temperatures should be avoided.
  — oregonlive, 2 Jan. 2022
• This includes classics like quaking aspen, yarrow, big sagebrush, columbine and milkweed.
  — Anna Webb, idahostatesman, 23 June 2017
• In pastel pinks and purples, an enchanting mix of columbines, lupines and foxgloves bloom in pockets of sun underneath Japanese maples.
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee.com, 2 June 2017
• LoPresti studied columbine plants growing in a California reserve to learn more.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2015
• After flowering, foxgloves, columbine and delphiniums should be pulled up.
  — NOLA.com, 27 Jan. 2018
• Camelot foxgloves and Swan columbines are both Louisiana Super Plants selections.
  — NOLA.com, 27 Jan. 2018
• The sale will include about 45 different plant species, including wild columbine, wild geranium, butterfly milkweed, blazing stars and purple prairie clover, the school district said.
  — Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 23 May 2017
• On a weekend in July, butterflies fluttered around alpine wildflowers near Hope as people hiked past patches of red and yellow western columbine and brightly colored dwarf fireweed.
  — Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News, 24 July 2021
• Continue to deadhead: Remove faded, dead flowers from cool-season bedding plants, such as foxglove, columbine, snapdragon and dianthus.
  — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 29 Apr. 2018
• Good native flowers to consider include wild columbine, wild bergamot, pale purple coneflower, asters and goldenrods, Steinhauer said.
  — Jennifer Rude Klett, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2022
• Or try native woodland wildflowers such as perennial lobelia, mayapple, columbine, thalictrum, amsonia, blood root, Solomon seal, and phlox.
  — Boston.com Real Estate, 21 Aug. 2019
• Honey Dijon,’ and ‘Sombreuil’ roses, as well as a supporting cast of columbine, bearded iris, Japanese snowberry, honeysuckle, and plum.
  — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
• The McHenrys’ own home garden has grown steadily over the past decade to include a wide array of pollinator and ornamental plants, including lavender, yarrow, fleece-flower, thistle, baptisia, lilies, geraniums and columbine.
  — Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune, 16 Oct. 2020
• These include columbine, bee balm, blanket flower, campanula, lavender, peonies, salvia, speedwell, and tickseed.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 8 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 21 Oct 2024