flower help

hi all.
i have got a flower that has decided to take route in the garden, did,nt plant it can anyone help. is it a weed or flower ?????

 

Its nice whatever it is!.

 

Aquilegia or 'Granny's Bonnet'. A prolific self seeder, probably from a neighbour's garden.

 

It's quite a nice one, too!

 

AKA Columbine, regarded by SOME, to be a weed, but I reckon it's worth the space.

Cheers...freddy.

 

Very much so - a great perennial for this time of year and a whole plethora of colours to choose from.

 

Definitely Aquaiegia. Very pretty cottage garden flower. Not a weed, but they do seed themselves about a bit.

 

They are lovely plants theaucotes. In part because they flower so early in the year when not much else is about.

 

if thats is plant? then where do you think this plant originate, i mean why this appeared suddenly in your garden like a grass. I love the color. whatever it is, it is nice.

 

Probably blew in on the wind from a neighbour's garden. As has been said, they self seed prolifically after flowering.

 

I'm having to be a bit ruthless with mine because it's often the least pretty ones that are the most inclined to take root. I'm trying to keep to doubles in whites and blues. I find that unless you weed out the murkier looking specimens, they're the ones which take over - I imagine they're closest to the wild plant. But your chance seedling is nice, theaucotes. If you like it, let the seedpods ripen and you'll have lots of plants next year. Weed out any you don't want promptly, however. I spent the weekend prising out the roots of established plants with a large garden fork!

 

PS I think a plant is only a weed if you don't like it. My mum thinks my wild primroses are weeds, whereas I think they're nicer than the cultivated varieties. She's also extremely snobbish about the patches of toadflax (Linaria purpurea) and can't understand why I don't weed them out. But then, I can't comprehend why on earth she likes Rhododendron ponticum, which to me is a blight on the English countryside as well as an ugly, leggy plant!

 

Aquilegia are often found in woodlands and meadows - they like cool, moist and sunny or dappled shade conditions - and are referred to as 'fairy flowers'. They may attract some butterflies and moths, but the seeds and roots are poisonous to humans, so be careful if you have children around. Obviously whether or not it's a 'weed' depends purely on whether you like it and want it there.

 

............. thanks to all that replied. i,ve since transplanted a few into a planter to see hoe they come on.