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Centaurea cyanus

65 - 75Days to maturity

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Choice Mix Centaurea Seed

Item #HSC-CEN-002-PKT

Classic cornflowers in four colors.

This heirloom mix covers blue, pink, red and white. Upright plants carry loads of double and semidouble flowers 1–1½" across, and do best in cool weather. Also called bachelor’s button.

The petals are edible, with a mild, faintly floral taste: use them to decorate desserts or brighten a salad mix.

Flowers about 65–75 days from sowing, on plants 30–38" tall. Open-pollinated.

Specs

Packet: 100 seeds
Average 5,900 seeds per oz.
Plant height: 30–38"

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Quick Facts

Latin Name: Centaurea cyanus
Days To Maturity: 65 - 75 days
Life Cycle: Annual
Hybrid Status: Open Pollinated
Product Features

Growing times vary with weather, soil and local conditions.

Growing guide

From seed to harvest

Sow early, direct

As soon as soil can be worked, 1/4" deep.

Thin to 6–9"

Once true leaves show.

Any well-drained soil

Full sun; tolerates poor ground.

Cut a quarter to half open

Petals are edible.

Growing Information

Days to germination

About 1–2 weeks at 60–65°F (16–18°C).

Direct sowing

The best method. As soon as the ground can be worked, sow thinly, about 6 seeds per foot and 1/4" deep, and cover lightly. Keep the surface moist until seedlings are up, then thin to 6–9" once true leaves appear.

Starting indoors

Sow 3–4 weeks before planting out and pot up into cell packs at the first true leaves. A few weeks of cool nights, around 50–55°F (10–12°C), help the plants build a good root ball.

Light

Full sun.

Soil

Any free-draining soil; it tolerates poor ground of middling fertility.

Plant spacing

2–9".

Hardiness

Annual.

Harvest

Cut when flowers are a quarter to half open.

Uses

Cut flowers, edible petals and a draw for beneficial insects. The small blooms can be dried. Showy when massed in beds and borders.

Also called

Cornflower or bachelor’s button.

Packet

100 seeds.

Seeds per oz.

About 5,900 on average.

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