Columbine seedlings will usually start flowering after two years. The plants are easier to divide once the root clumps have reached a fairly substantial size (at least 8 inches in diameter), so ...

But standing on a stage bordered by 200 columbine plants and surrounded by the majestic red rock formations of this natural amphitheater, students and teachers, their voices strong and unwavering, ...

Columbine High School seniors want to throw their mortarboards ... Gold Can Stay'': "Nature's first green is gold,/ Her hardest hue to hold./ Her early leaf's a flower;/ But only so an hour./ Then ...