Will these flower again?

[TyrionsNextWife]

I have these plants dotted around my garden, and until recently they had beautiful flowers and the bees loved them! Recently though, the flowers have died off and the seed pods (??) have been left behind.

If I dead head them are they likely to reflower? Also, if I plant the seeds is there much chance of new plants growing next spring?

I know next to nothing about gardening, so all advise (the more basic the better) is very appreciated

I would leave them to do their own thing, they normally self seed quite well. If you want to seed them to a new area wait for seed heads to dry completely then use an envelope to collect the seeds, they are very small black seeds, you can then spread them in a new place.

They are aquilegia also known as 'granny's bonnets'.

I think these are grannies bonnet (could be wrong) aka aquilegia. There are wild versions and you can also buy various types. They should self seed quite well - you can gather the pods or let them do it themselves. I'm not a big fan of pink flowers and mine are always coming up bright pink!

They're unlikely to flower again this year, but they're perennials so they'll die back then come up again in the spring. They will self seed, but the seedlings probably won't flower for a couple of years.

They're beautiful flowers, one of my favourites, and once they do establish you'll get all sorts of interesting colours as they interbreed.

They're aquilegia. We have literally gazillions of them. They won't flower again this year, but are prolific self seeders so you'll have more next year. If you're lucky they start to make some really lovely colour combos as they get mixed up. They do go pretty bonkers though, so you have to keep on top of them if you don't want to be over run.

Meant to say... Leave the heads to either drop the seeds themselves, or collect them and grow your own. Either way they'll definitely grow!

You still have to leave the seed heads on if you want to collect the seeds - you can't collect seeds until they are fully grown and ripe. I usually leave the seed heads where they don't look too untidy, and take them off if they're leaning over paths.