We don't plant a lot of flowers around our house. At least not yet we haven't. We have planted marigolds and nasturtiums in the vegetable garden in the past. And we have echinaecia in our herb garden and usually a planter or two hanging from our front porch. And we have yearnings to do more. But so far, we haven't ventured too far into flower gardening. One reason being the futility of it. Our day lilies usually only make it to the bud stage or flower for a few days before they're mercilessly munched down by the local deer. In fact, we planted a bunch of Asian lily bulbs given to us by our dear friend Jodi, ripe with buds ready to flower, only to look out upon their chomped remains a week later. Makes you want to jack deer out of season ;-)
But one of our great flower successes is the result of a happenstance purchase of some columbines at an honor system farm stand near Watkins Glen when we we were returning home from visiting my aunt Bev and cousins Chris, Dave, Mike, and Theresa and their families at their family winery. Linda planted them up close to our house in a flower bed next to our well head and once a year around this time they bloom and provide us with a splendid bit of color and delicate beauty to consider. And the deer don't appear to like 'em! ;-) Just look at how wonderful they are! 
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