Description

The perennial cornflowers are cousins to the common Bachelor’s Button, with showy heads of shaggy flowers. This species is medium in stature and well suited to growing in the sunny border. Plants form a bushy clump of grey-green divided leaves, setting off a display of rosy-purple flowers in early summer.

Plant Care

• Position: full sun
• Soil: fertile, well-drained soil
• Flowering period: June to July
• Hardiness: fully hardy

Deadhead regularly to prolong flowering

Eventual Height & Spread

Height: 65-100cm
Spread: 30-50cm