Centaurea Cyanus

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Centaurea Cyanus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Centaurea Cyanus, Linn. (Cyanus arvenis, Moench.) BlueBottle. Bluet. Bachelor's Button (see also Gomphrena). Cornflower. Ragged Sailor. French Pink. Fig. 871. Annual, slender, branching, 1-2 ft. high, woolly-white when young: lvs. linear, entire or the lower toothed, sometimes pinnatifid: fls. blue, purple, pink or white, the heads on long, naked sts.: involucral bracts rather narrow, fringed with short, scarious teeth. S. E. Eu. Gt. 38, p. 641; 39, p. 537. V. 5, p. 44; 13:361.—One of the most popular of garden fls., variable. It is perfectly hardy, blooming until frost and coming up in the spring from self-sown seed. The following are varieties of this: Pure White; Victoria, a dwarf, for pots and edgings (Gn. 40, p. 147); Emperor William, fine dark blue; flore pleno, with the outer disk-fls. converted into ray-fls.; nana compacta, dwarf. (Gt. 44, p. 150.) Centaurea Cyanus is one of the "old-fashioned flowers," everywhere well known and popular. It often escapes from gardens. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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