Mauve Lady Bachelor's Button cornflower
Centaurea cyanus 'Mauve Lady Bachelors Button'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
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
Attracts
Notes
'Mauve Lady Bachelor's Button' cornflower (Centaurea cyanus 'Mauve Lady Bachelor's Button') is an annual for borders, cut flowers, pollinator gardens, and meadows. It shrugs off cool spells and light frost, though a hard freeze will damage it. This plant likes full sun, average moisture, and sandy or loamy soil. It blooms in early to late spring and again in early to late summer, and butterflies, bees, and birds visit the flowers. It sits low on the menu for deer. Once settled, it tolerates drought.
Pairs well with Common poppy, False Queen Anne's lace, California poppy, and Yarrow.