No, they won't bloom until next year. I'm still waiting on a few that i planted last year. One looks about to bloom, but the others aren't yet.

I was wondering the same thing, I planted 30+ of them this spring and they are just hangin out doing nothing. Oh well, next year I guess.

I think, but don't quote me, that the species A. canadensis blooms the first year because I have those all over and they seem to bloom where I didn't see them last year.

My A. canadensis didn't bloom till the following year, how did yours do that! :) I suspect if you bought it as a good size plant last year from a nursery it probably had lots of time to self-seed, mine were just little ws'd seedlings.

This year thou, I bought a 'Black Barlow' in a good size pot and it has been blooming ever since I planted it, I'm going to collect seed and let some self-seed when its finished flowering.

Sharon

I planted some seedlings last year that a friend started and they just sat there, too. I didn't think they would make the winter being so puny, but they're all back. They still haven't 'taken off' yet. I believe they're the Mckenna Giants variety.

On the other hand, I also got 2 little clumps of a Black Columbine (maybe it's the same as yours Sharon? Can you post a pic?)last year from a plant exchange and they just sat there all summer, but this spring they've made some progress. No sign of any blooms yet, but they might. I guess that's the difference between planting a hunk off a bigger plant and planting a seedling.

I transplanted some wild blue ones (A. brevistyla) last year too, and they're doing great! Just ready to open. They grow all over here, but not the red ones sadly. They're so pretty to stumble across in the woods.
Tootsie

Sharon, I didn't buy these A. canadensis, they have always been in my yard and they self-seed all over the place. They seem to favour the edges of foundations - dunno why but they do. I find them flowering in different places where I hadn't noticed them the year before, which made me think they flower the first year. But maybe I just hadn't noticed them the first year. :0)

Ooooh Toots I love the wild blue ones! All I get are the red ones. The grass is always greener on the other side isn't it... LOL!

My neighbor got some red ones and they totally grow right through the wooden edges of her beds. They practically lean towards it. That's funny. Maybe they like the extra warmth it holds?

I threw some seeds down from them last year, but I think I cultivated through that spot this spring. They might have to sit a year though so I'll keep watching. I can save seeds from the blue ones for you if you like, although I'm not a seed collecting pro!
Toots

I had an A. canadensis come up in my sidewalk bed. Last year, one. This year, one thousand!

Hee hee! Apparently they don't wait a year then!

I also got 2 little clumps of a Black Columbine (maybe it's the same as yours Sharon? Can you post a pic?

Here you go Toots...

Sharon

The columbine (singular) in the sidewalk bed seeded last year and the thousand little seedlings started then. Somewhere i have a picture of them - i was wondering why the columbines i plant don't reseed like that! So, they started last year and are blooming this year. Like crazy! I'll post a picture of them when i get around to uploading some pics to Photobucket. :)

Whoaaa! Cool bloom! Nope that's definately not like mine. Mine will be a single flower, but the colour should be similar to your Barlow.
If it blooms I'll take a picture with my old fashioned camera and maybe by fall they'll be developed and we can identify mine!LOL! (^:

Thanks Sharon.

Wow! that is so pretty, can hardly wait till mine bloom, is just a variety of colored ones, but still very pretty too.

Thanks for the info

Annie

My black barlow is loaded with blooms but I understood that they had an upward facing flower and mine are downward facing. For those of you that grow this plant, how do your flowers orientate themselves?

Hey I'm back, had a nasty worm in my computer, man had to reformat, delete and recreate partitions, was like a major operation, very stressful. Anyone miss me??

Thanks for answering my question I asked many moons ago. Too bad I have to wait a year to see my pretty columbine.

Annie

Annie of course we missed you ;0) Hope your puter is better.

Debbie, my mom has Black Barlow and it has blooms facing down and to the sides. Doesn't seem to be a fixed thing. I think most face at least somewhat down though.

Ahhhh! Lo and behold I have 4 sprouts of the wild red columbine that I thought I cultivated up! If they're that tough I'll have to keep a sharp eye on them...Toots

I have many 'Black Barlow' that self seeded in my holding bed. They just tend to self-seed everywhere. I had the wild one, but it evenually died out. My yellow hybrid seems to be missing this year. Hmmmmmmm. Think I will see if I can find a pack of seed on the sale racks and start them soon....then they will bloom next year.

Sierra