Sounds like you have some nice color around the yard!
Wish I knew your hubby’s trick with columbine. I really like those but have had no luck with them for some reason. There are still “black death” traces in these ol’ thumbs. LOL!
One thing I’d love to get my hands on again are Gloriosa Lilies. Dad sent a few of them from their gardens a few years ago and I grew them in pots. Our winters are too cold for them and it was easier to do that than to dig them up each fall. Just moved the pots inside for the winter.
A couple of years ago, Hubby was spraying Round-Up to kill weeds and he sprayed around the pots - - of course, accidentally spraying the plants. I was furious. And now I can’t find more.
Oops! Sorry you lost those lilies. They don’t have them somewhere online?
I guess hubby has too good of luck with columbine. He has two clumps of it and it gets bigger each year. He is the one in the family with the green thumb. Mine is as black as night. I’ve killed cactus for heaven’s sake. LOL!