Top one may be Catanche caerulea
Don't recognise the second.

annual cornflower for the first I thought and Phacelia tanacetifolia for the second. The latter is excellent for bees butterflies etc. often grown as a green manure or cover crop.
did she have a wildflower mix or a bee friendly mix?

In all the years I have been growing stuff I have never actually grown or seen Phacelia.

I had some seeded from some bird seed. Took me ages to find out what they were. Agree with Owd re the first one.

I did grow Phacelia about 10 years ago to see if the bees would enjoy them, and they did. I had self sown ones coming up for years.

the tips of the petals aren't right for Catanache, well not the one I've grown before.

Maybe, but the leaves look wrong for Cornflower, that is if the leaves in the image belong to that plant.

Thanks folks for your reply's very helpful.