Choice Mix centaurea
Centaurea cyanus 'Choice Mix'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size2.5 to 3 feet tall
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Red, pink, blue
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Choice Mix' centaurea (Centaurea cyanus 'Choice Mix') is an annual for borders, cut flowers, pollinator gardens, and cottage gardens. Cool weather suits it, and it can take a light frost. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal. It grows 30 to 38 inches tall and blooms in red, pink, and blue. Bees, butterflies, and birds visit the flowers.
Pairs well with Double Zahara Cherry zinnia, Easy Wave Pink Passion petunia, and Red fescue.