Tall Mixed Cornflower cornflower
Centaurea cyanus 'Tall Mixed Cornflower'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Tall Mixed Cornflower' (Centaurea cyanus 'Tall Mixed Cornflower') is an annual for borders, cut flowers, and cottage gardens. It handles cool weather and a light frost. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Deer rarely make it their first choice. Butterflies, bees, and birds visit the blooms. It flowers in spring and again in summer, and it tolerates drought.
Pairs well with Versailles Flush cosmos, Red fescue, and Old Rose Dandy peony.