110 seeds| Tall Red Cornflower Seeds - Bachelor’s Button- Centaurea cyanus - Hardy Annual Herb with Blue Blooms Pollinator Friendly for Cottage Garden Borders and Containers #6009 ^Sale

Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), also called Bachelor’s Button, is a charming hardy annual herb producing vivid blue, pink, or white flowers. Traditionally grown in cottage gardens, it is beloved for its long-lasting cut flowers, pollinator-friendly blooms, and easy care. Cornflowers thrive in poor soils, making them perfect for wildflower meadows, borders, and container plantings.

Seed Information

• Type: Herb Seeds / Flower Seeds

• Common Name: Cornflower, Bachelor’s Button

• Genus: Centaurea

• Species: Centaurea cyanus

• Life Cycle: Annual

• Features: Vibrant blooms, pollinator friendly, long-lasting cut flowers, drought tolerant, easy to grow

• Season of Interest: Summer blooming

• Indoor/Outdoor: Outdoor (beds, borders, wildflower meadows, containers)

• Sunlight: Full sun

• Cultivating Difficulty: Easy

• Watering: Light to moderate, drought tolerant once established

• Climate: Temperate, Mediterranean, Humid Subtropical

• Growth Habit: Upright, 12–36 in tall

• Soil Type: Well-draining, tolerates poor soil

• Soil pH: 6.0–7.5

• Planting Time: Spring after frost or fall in mild climates

Grow Instructions

• When to Plant: Sow directly outdoors after last frost; in mild climates, fall sowing gives earlier blooms

• Soil: Well-draining, poor to average soils (does not require heavy fertility)

• Sunlight: Full sun (6+ hours daily)

• Watering: Water moderately; drought tolerant once mature

• Spacing: 6–12 inches apart

• Germination: 7–14 days at 60–70°F (15–21°C)

• Bloom Season: Early to mid-summer, continues with deadheading

• Tips: Deadhead to prolong blooming; allow some flowers to go to seed for natural reseeding