Thanks PKponder, I may have to make a day trip to Weatherford one day. I've never been that far west before lol.

If not too far from Garland, Rohde's is a good one to call or visit. There are some other great native plant nurseries in the area, but they probably keep the broadest offering in 4 inch (i.e. low cost) pots.

Think I've also seen it at Bruce Miller's in Richardson on occasion.

Thanks Bob. I visited Rohde's last week but they just had the origami columbine. I've never been to Bruce Miller's before and I'd like to visit it since Richardson isn't too far from me.

If you are on clay, the red and yellow native columbine will be the best for you. The yellow likes good drainage. I can sensed for the yellow.

Thanks wantonamara, I really appreciate it. I didn't know the red and yellow native columbine would tolerate clay. I have some seedlings of the red and yellow but they're still tiny. I'll have to add decomposed granite and pine bark fines to the area where I plant the yellow ones.

I grew the red ones in Austin in amended red clay. The yellow ones rotted on me. Here, I can groww the yellow but not the red very well. I have a couple of very small ones trying.

Do you think the decomposed granite mixed with pine bark would help them thrive? I have the red ones in a slightly raised area in dappled sun.

I can't say myself because I have never done it , but it sounds better than what I did. I thought they were like the reds and that is how I treated them . If you go to Plant.gove database and research their ranges, you will see that they are very different. One is Eastern US stopping in East TX, and the other is the wet canyons of the SW. Give them drainage and they can take more sun than the reds. Rot in the heat of summer is the concern.

That said, My A crysantha got some disease this year , NOT leaf minors and performed poorly. I hop it does not return next year.

Oh no that's terrible. I hate when plants get diseased. I got the red seeds from a source in Wisconsin I think?