🌸 Flower
ANX-FLOWER-0000044
Cornflower
Centaurea cyanus
Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), a fast-growing annual of the Asteraceae family, produces solitary deep-blue flowerheads on slender stems and was traditionally a common weed of European cornfields.
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- Asteraceae
- Plant type
- Annual
- Bloom color
- Deep blue (also pink, purple, white)
- Bloom season
- Late spring and summer
- Mature height
- 50-100 cm cm
- Sun requirements
- Full sun
- Fragrance
- Slight, mild fragrance
- Native region
- Europe (naturalized widely, including Great Britain and Ireland)
Growing
Growing Conditions
- Water requirements
- Moderate; well-drained soil, tolerant of dry conditions once established.
- Climate requirements
- Fully hardy annual (RHS H6).
- Soil types
- Loam or sand; tolerant of acid, alkaline, or neutral pH.
- Propagation method
- Seed sown directly in spring or autumn
Ecology
Pollinators & Toxicity
- Pollinator value
- Attracts bees and other pollinators; a recommended wildlife-garden plant.
- Toxicity
- Non-toxic to dogs, cats, and horses (ASPCA).
Use
Uses & Economic Importance
- Uses
- Cottage gardens, wildflower meadows, cut flowers, wildlife/pollinator gardens
- Economic importance
- Grown commercially for the cut-flower and dried-flower trade and as a component of wildflower/pollinator seed mixes; the national flower of several countries.
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