Blue Boy Bachelor's Button cornflower
Centaurea cyanus 'Blue Boy Bachelors Button'
USDA zones9 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterNeeds moderate soil
Size1 to 3 feet tall12 inches wide
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Soil types
- Sand, loam
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
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Notes
'Blue Boy Bachelor's Button' cornflower (Centaurea cyanus 'Blue Boy Bachelor's Button') is an annual for borders, cut flowers, containers, and meadows. It handles cool weather and a light frost. This plant likes full or part sun, average moisture, and sandy or loamy soil. It blooms in early to late spring and again in early to late summer. Butterflies, bees, and birds visit the flowers. It is not a favorite of deer, though hungry deer will eat almost anything.
Pairs well with Common poppy, False Queen Anne's lace, California poppy, and Yarrow.