Bachelor Button. Not native to the U.S., and can be invasive if allowed to go to seed. But very popular in many gardens due to its obvious beauty and carefree growth.

Martha

Oh okay. Thank you. It looks much different than my other bachelor buttons. Is it a different variety?

Looks like Love-in-a-Mist (Nigella), its definitely not Bachelors Buttons. Its a commonly grown old fashioned annual, originally from Asia.

I stand corrected.

Texasranger, thank you!! It is so beautiful. I now have dozens of them growing in my yard, blue and white. Apparently the seeds must've blown out of the wildflower garden after I sowed them because they're growing in the wildflower garden AND the front yard, other garden beds, etc. I'm happy about it, though.. they're very romantic and interesting.. hence, the name, I suppose.. "love in a mist." I looked it up online and this is definitely what it is. A few of them have "died" and formed the big, swollen seed pods now.. those are beautiful looking, too. I will have to research when seed pod is ready to break open, or if it'll do so on it's own. What do you mean by "old fashioned annual?"

Love-in-a-mist has been around for a long time, so it's called an old fashioned annual. It's also a prolific reseeder. It's native to southern Europe and northern Africa. Hope that helps :D