Classic Romantic centaurea
Centaurea cyanus 'Classic Romantic'
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
- Pink, white, bicolor
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Classic Romantic' centaurea (Centaurea cyanus 'Classic Romantic') is an annual for borders, cut flowers, pollinator gardens, and cottage gardens. It shrugs off cool spells and light frost, though a hard freeze will damage it. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Deer tend to pass it by. It stands erect and blooms in pink, white, or bicolor from early to late spring and again in summer. Butterflies, bees, and birds visit the flowers.
Pairs well with Double Zahara Cherry zinnia, Old Rose Dandy peony, and Red fescue.