The Magic Corner

This corner of the garden is magic. I have planted some lupin seeds, but apparently they will only bloom next year (will we be here?). The other plants are gifts of nature, and keep surprising me.


Magic; how else to explain this enchanting flower, which I have never seen before?


And this -what could it be? Maybe the sprites know.



July 27 Update: 

I found out what the pink flower is! Not only that, I can even order it on Amazon.com (of course). It is....(ta da)  Nora Barlow Pink Columbine (Aquilegia Caerulea).

I was at Canadian Tire today (hunting for gardening deals) and saw a similar one. That's when I knew it was some kind of columbine (I was thinking it might be, as the seed pod is the same as some other, traditional columbines that sprouted in other parts of the garden). As well, the leaves were similar to columbines. So, I looked up "different kinds of columbine" and, voila!

Really, what did people do before the internet? It's a mystery to me. 

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