General Information

  • Category- Flower
  • Binomial Name- Centaurea cyanus
  • Common Names- cornflower
  • Spread- 12-24 inches**
  • Height- 12-36 inches**
  • Average Production- 100-120 flowers per plant
  • Days to maturity- 85-95 days*

Environmental Requirements

  • Soil- Well-drained, Sandy, Loamy.
  • Soil moisture- 22%
  • Soil pH- 7.2 -7.8
  • Soil temperature- 60-80° C.
  • Climate temperature- 60-70 ° C.
  • Sun Requirements- Full Sun
  • Best Time to Plant- Spring (end Feb to early March)

Tips to Grow Bachelor’s Button

  1. Arrange good quality Bachelor’s Button plants.
  2. The soil should be well-drained, sandy, and loamy. Work the soil to a crumbly consistency, to a depth of six to 10 inches.
  3. Dig a hole as deep as the root ball and 2 times as wide. Place the root ball gently in the hole. Space plants 2 to 6 feet apart, depending on their estimated mature size. Fill the hole half full with soil, then water it well to settle the soil before filling with the remainder of soil.
  4. Cover the seeds with soil, as they need darkness to germinate.
  5. Remove dead, damaged, or diseased branches at any time of year. On young and old plants, simply snap off spent flower stalks by bending them over until they break away from their stems.
  6. You can harvest fresh for a variety of uses, including: fresh floral arrangements, everlasting floral arrangements, seed saving, and culinary use.

** The values are standard values but might change a bit.

*To get flowers quickly, the users can buy plants from nursery.

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