General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Flowers
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Self
Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Cornflower
  • Bachelor's Button
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Centaurea cyanus
  • Synonym: Cyanus segetum

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Date: 2009-05-28

Date: 2009-05-28

Date: 2009-05-28
Growing with orange Mimulus aurantiacus ‘Pt. Molate’ & white
Uploaded by DianeSeeds

Photo courtesy of Select Seeds.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
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