Fifty Shades of Aquilegias

I'm a aquilegia novice. I've only the bog standard pink wild ones. I've even failed to sow the purple ones. Are all these lovely coloured ones from seed or bought in as plants, and if seed, what's the secret?

All mine (that are flowering at the moment) are from seed. The secret is nothing more than luck. I know exactly what you mean. I’ve had some epic fails and some success with sowing. Either way I never do anything different. But I have to keep trying because they are some of the most beautiful seeds. Tiny shiny black almost pyramid shaped.