Cornflower
Cornflower
Cornflower
Cornflower
Cornflower
Cornflower
Cornflower
Cornflower
Cornflower
Cornflower
Cornflower
Cornflower

Cornflower

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Cornflower - (Centaurea cyanus)

  • Annual species
  • Quick & easy-to-grow
  • Great for pollinators
  • 1g seed to cover up to 1 sqm

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  • Colour: Blue
  • Height: 20cm -1 metre
  • Latin name: Centaurea cyanus
  • Season : June-August
  • Setting: Fertile sunny sites

Cornflower Centaurea cyanus Description

Brighten your garden or meadow with this beautiful and distinctive annual wildflower.  An RHS Plants for Pollinator species, cornflowers intense sky-blue flower heads are attractive to bees and other pollinating insects.

Quick and easy-to-grow on any sunny, well-drained site, this cornfield favourite will add colour and interest to your garden or meadow over a long flowering season.  Cornflowers perform well as cut flowers.

Surface sow in spring from March to May, or in autumn from August to October.

Cornflower - (Centaurea cyanus) Garden Care Instructions:
  • Sow directly onto a bed with freely draining poor soil.
  • Rake over the bed to break up any clumps
  • Scatter the seeds
  • Rake them in
  • Firm down gently
  • Water well until they start to grow

Wilding - let the flowers do their own thing and they will drop their seeds naturally and reappear in the following year if conditions are right.

Herbaceous Borders - Deadhead regularly to prolong flowering.  In autumn, cut the faded flower heads down to the ground and compost the dead stems.

Sow: Mar-May or Sep - Oct
Flowering: May-September

Further Reading:
Sowing And Growing Wildflowers

How To Cut A Wild Flower Meadow

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