Bachelor Buttons Flowers
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In fact bachelor buttons have adorned european and american gardens for centuries.
Bachelor buttons flowers. Jul 23 2019 explore frances talkington s board bachelor buttons followed by 198 people on pinterest. Bachelor button flowers grow well in a full sun location and care of bachelor button plants is minimal. Bachelor button has a long list of names that includes such unusual ones as blue blob cornbottle gogglebuster and hurtsickle. Oct 5 2017 explore marilyn parks s board bachelor buttons cornflowers followed by 462 people on pinterest.
Description of the bachelor button flower. The flower blooms in two parts. See more ideas about cornflower bachelor buttons flowers. The outside blooms are a lot larger than the.
The bachelor button is a relatively small flower in the asteraceae family. Bachelor button flowers often called cornflowers are an old fashioned specimen you may recall from grandmother s garden. Grown for its bright blue fringed flowers the stems last for days in a cut flower arrangement. All about bachelor s buttons pink bachelor s button flowers offer cheerful color.
Centaurea cyanus plants have been cultivated for centuries and have picked up many nicknames along the way including bachelor s buttons basket flower bluebonnet blue bottle blue bow blue cap cornflower boutonniere flower and hurt sickle the quick growing flowers will reach a height of about 30 inches and a spread of 10 inches in all growing zones when given a bright spot. The plant itself is actually pretty tall growing between 16 and 35 inches and can often be seen adoring medians and grassy walkways near roads. The bachelor s button also known as cornflower because of its prevalence in cornfields in its native europe is a cutting garden and cottage garden favorite. Bachelor buttons are readily started from seed sown directly into the garden after all.
August 17 2020 june 21 2020 by nan schiller. Bachelor s button centaurea cyanus is a european wildflower that has naturalized across the united states. Bachelor button or centaurea cyanus is also known as the cornflower. As a rugged reseeding annual bachelor s buttons pop up year after year.
See more ideas about bachelor buttons beautiful flowers planting flowers. Mature plants are drought tolerant undemanding and attractive to butterflies.