| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Annual |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
| Plant Height: | 1-3 feet |
| Plant Spread: | 1-2 feet |
| Leaves: | Unusual foliage color Other: Lyrate-pinnatifid lower leaves and narrow lanceolate upper leaves. |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | Blue Other: Purple-blue flowers (sometimes pink to white) |
| 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 Provide darkness |
| Pollinators: | Self Moths and Butterflies Flies Bees |
| Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil |
| Awards and Recognitions: | Other: National Flower of Estonia; Provincial Flower of Östergötland, Sweden |
Victory Seed Company sells seeds of Bachelor's Buttons (Centaurea cyanus).
| flaflwrgrl | On May 22, 2014 | Bloomed |
| flaflwrgrl | On January 1, 2014 | Seeds sown From wildflower seed. |
| chelle | On January 19, 2015 | Seeds sown Classic Fantastic w/s - sealed - cob and verm Classic Magic w/s - sealed - cob and verm |
| lovesblooms | On February 8, 2017 | Seeds germinated double mixed colors |
| lovesblooms | On January 15, 2017 | Seeds sown w/s; double mixed colors |
| lovesblooms | On March 13, 2015 | Seeds germinated |
| lovesblooms | On January 29, 2015 | Seeds sown winter sown light purple, white with pink center |
| piksihk | On March 5, 2022 | Seeds sown rd bed rt frt pf Bela L |
| piksihk | On January 30, 2022 | Seeds sown red - plewis111; DnD swap 2020; |
| piksihk | On December 11, 2020 | Seeds sown Sow front side |
| piksihk | On March 5, 2020 | Bloomed These selfsowed along with red poppies |
| piksihk | On January 3, 2019 | Seeds sown HW frt |
| piksihk | On May 3, 2018 | Bloomed Been blooming nicely so blue; Front and back beds |
| piksihk | On May 14, 2017 | Bloomed wildflower packet; front bed HW |
| MrsBinWY | On April 2, 2019 | Seeds germinated 1; 11 on 4-3-19 |
| MrsBinWY | On March 31, 2019 | Seeds sown 16 seeds in milk jug @ room temp - germination test of seeds donated to the Seed Library |
| WebTucker | On June 27, 2022 | Bloomed |
| Retro67 | On April 21, 2024 | Seeds sown Seeded outside chicken coop between sunchokes. Also seeded south west corner of house. |
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