Aquilegia

I love them too but then I love any flowers that are prolific and sow themselves I love surprises

Jo Marie, is that what they're called?..the ones that look like cosmos? Granny's bonnets ? Lovely name.

I have lots of them too, the bees love them which is great ?

I have loads of these - including the blue one in your first picture - it is lovely! They have self-seeded everywhere, even in the gravel! - I have a section of gravel where I have allowed them to run free and it looks splendid!

Farmor , they are beautiful. I have a few, self seeded in our garden, but none as lovely as yours.

Oh yes ! One of my very favourite flowers.
Granny's Bonnets was the name used by my Granny and my mum - makes sense when you look at the flower closely. I also remember my mother pulling them out aggressively and chucking them onto the composting pile, calling them weeds!!! Obviously because they keep repeating happily year on year - Mother didn't make the connection between adding the "weeds" to the compost heap and finding another sprouting all over the place the following year!!!!! We live and learn. I pay good money for the many different varieties nowadays and am happy to do so.

I have pink and purple Aquilegia.....I have the common ones....they do spread. I have another spreader which looks like cosmos, but it isn't.

They're really pretty! We had a variety of colours that my mum planted. They went wild years ago and all I get now are basic pinky-mauve ones. They're still pretty, though, but not as nice as the ones you have.