I am green, or orange as the case may be, with envy! So pretty, and I supposedly don't like orange. Apparently this year I do. A few seeds sprouted, but something thinks these plants are YUMMY. Think it's partially my fault for the probably-too shady spots where I put them. Wrong romantic notions about them twining all over this fugly metal thing... Yours looks very sunny and dry, thus happier. Very nice. Did you just forget the name, or did a critter grace your garden with the seed? Maybe they prefer to be "fugitives?" Ha!

I think I figured it out. It's called Dames Rocket . It's also called Sweet Rocket.

Your Columbine is a lovely hybrid (or descendant of a hybrid.) It's not our native, Aquilegia canadensis, which is a nodding red and yellow flower. I've had hybrid and wild (native) Columbines in my gardens for years, and it's fun to see where new ones will pop up, and what new colors are produces every year. The native ones come true to color, and so far one of my Hybrids, 'Nora Barlow', a double form, reseeds true to color. Mine haven't become invasive, but the natives spread faster than the hybrids. You are lucky to have a purplish blue variety. After the flower is finished blooming, let the seed pods dry completely, then open them, or crush them between your fingertips, and scatter your seeds in an area where you'd welcome some new plants. It's fun! Julie

Old Forester, you might ask on the Perennials forum. There are some folks that grow this and may have experience with growing from seed.