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
Plant Height: 25-36 inches
Plant Spread: 9-12 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Will Naturalize
Suitable as Annual
Edible Parts: Flowers
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Self
Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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

Photo Gallery
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2015-06-10
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2015-06-10
From last year's late summer seedling.
Location: My garden.
Date: 2011-08-11
Location: Virginia
Date: 2023-03-22
Location: Killeen,Tx
Date: 2023-03-10
Location: Bea’s garden
Date: 2023-09-16
Location: Gardnerville, Nevada
Date: 2018-06-07
Location: My garden.
Date: 2010-07-20
Location: Oceanside, California 
Date: 2020-04-21
In my garden
Location: My garden.
Date: 2011-10-27

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
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Location: Ankara, Turkey
Date: 2017-07-09
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2014-07-21

Courtesy of Diane's Flower Seeds
Plant Events from our members
lovesblooms On March 2, 2020 Seeds germinated
lovesblooms On February 16, 2020 Seeds sown
winter sown
lovesblooms On January 15, 2017 Obtained plant
w/s
lovesblooms On March 15, 2016 Seeds germinated
lovesblooms On March 6, 2016 Seeds sown
winter sown
lovesblooms On June 12, 2015 Bloomed
lovesblooms On March 13, 2015 Seeds germinated
lovesblooms On January 29, 2015 Seeds sown
winter sown
KelliW On March 10, 2019 Seeds germinated
KelliW On February 8, 2019 Seeds sown
#36, winter sown
Bschmuck On March 21, 2023 Plant emerged
Bschmuck On March 16, 2023 Seeds sown
Flowerlover6 On October 19, 2022 Seeds sown
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