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Blue Cornflower or Bachelor Button Seeds

1/4 Pound
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$5.95
1 Pound
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$11.95

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Here's how "Cornflower Blue" became a color. This favorite flower makes big color in meadows. Annual.

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Details
SKU CCBG
Common Name Cornflower or Bachelor Button
Botanical Name Centaurea cyanus
Plant Type/Life Cycle Annual
Seeds Per Pound 99,790
Bloom Time Summer
Primary Flower Color Blue
Light Requirements Full Sun, Mostly Sunny, Half Sun / Half Shade
Estimated Mature Height 28-36 inches tall
Soil Moisture Dry, Average, Well Draining
Will Tolerate Sandy Soil, Loamy Soil, Clay Soil, Drought/Dry Soil
Native To Europe
Native to Europe
Ships As Seed
Ideal Growing Region Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, West, Pacific NorthWest
Zones 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Suggested Uses Showy Flowers, Extended Blooms, Easy to Grow
Prohibited In North Carolina
Is It Storable? Yes - You can store your seed in any cool (not freezing) dry place that is not subject to extreme temperature variations.
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Description
World-famous “cornflower blue” is the bluest blue in the flower kingdom, and that makes this many people’s favorite flower. Easy to grow, quick to bloom, great for cutting. Strong seedlings have a “silvery” look in a seeded meadow. In fact, cornflower grows so well, it has become somewhat of a pest in some areas, most notably the Southeast. Birds love seed. American goldfinches (wild canaries), particularly, put on quite a show as they dive into fields of this flower when it is going to seed. This is the famous flower of many romantic legends, thus the name “Bachelor’s Button”. Young single girls wore the bloom as a signal of availability in Old England. It also always figures prominently in the Victorian "Language of Flowers"--of which there are several versions.
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American Meadows Blue Cornflower or Bachelor Button Seeds
 
4.3

(based on 7 reviews)

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86%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

  • Long bloom time (4)
  • Low maintenance (4)
  • Pest resistant (3)
  • Reliable growth (3)
  • Vivid colors (3)

Cons

    Best Uses

    • Large areas (4)
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      • Primary use:
      • Personal (3)

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    4.0

    Excellent germination

    By Jose Unidos

    from Portland, OR

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    Pros

    • Long Bloom Time
    • Low Maintenance
    • Pest Resistant
    • Reliable Growth
    • Vivid Colors

    Cons

      Best Uses

      • Large Areas

      Comments about American Meadows Blue Cornflower or Bachelor Button Seeds:

      I mass planted this in a pollinator meadow to provide some first year bloom while my slower to establish native perennials get going. It had good germination and was good at out-competing weedy turf grasses and buckhorn plantain. It doesn't appear weedy itself and is slowly declining in the meadow as I had hoped.

       
      4.0

      Beautiful, Blue Cornflowers

      By Corky

      from Pender, NE

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      Pros

      • Long Bloom Time
      • Low Maintenance
      • Vivid Colors

      Cons

      • Leggy Stems

      Best Uses

      • Cut Flowers
      • Large Areas

      Comments about American Meadows Blue Cornflower or Bachelor Button Seeds:

      We had a large area that we wanted to sow to native plants. Our daughter was getting married in late summer and had chosen Cornflower Blue as her bridesmaids' dresses. We hosted a wedding reception on our farm, and the beautiful cornflowers were a fun accent to our other yard flowers. Following the reception, I mowed the patch, and they have regrown and are producing beautiful flowers! The only slight "con" I have, is that the stems get very leggy and are alittle hard to use in cut flower arrangements. However, this con is certainly not a big enough problem to deter me from recommending and using this seed and the company for future seed and plant selections.

       
      5.0

      Love this flower seed

      By sparky

      from Greenup Illinois

      About Me Avid Gardener

      Pros

      • Long Bloom Time
      • Low Maintenance
      • Pest Resistant
      • Reliable Growth
      • Vivid Colors

      Cons

        Best Uses

        • Large Areas

        Comments about American Meadows Blue Cornflower or Bachelor Button Seeds:

        I planted it in the fall and spring it was one of the first to bloom. Then die back and in the fall a lot of it came back to bloom again.

         
        5.0

        Perfect, easy to grow

        By Jaclin

        from Somerset, Pa.

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        Pros

        • Attracts song birds
        • Dried bouquets
        • Long Bloom Time
        • Low Maintenance
        • Pest Resistant
        • Reliable Growth

        Cons

        • None

        Best Uses

        • Border Control
        • Cut Flowers
        • Erosion Control
        • Large Areas

        Comments about American Meadows Blue Cornflower or Bachelor Button Seeds:

        I sow these in our meadow, some areas with other wildflowers; but for large areas, they can also stand on their own. They bloom from mid spring through summer and are lovely. The blue is a true, deep cornflower blue. They are quite hardy and need no special care--they will bloom about anywhere you scatter the seed. Maintenance free!! They do well in all kinds of soil--we planted them in moist areas and also in dry areas. Check out the photos that follow. Also, if you are a person who loves to watch birds, plant these, your meadow will be filled with finches, wrens, bluebirds, and many others coming to feast on the plentiful seeds they produce. One other thing, they make beautiful dried bouquets that will last forever indoors. The color stays true even when dried. So many good things from such a simple, pretty flower.

         
        5.0

        Bachelor buttons

        By Sbelle

        from Lake City, CO

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        Pros

        • Accurate Instructions
        • Attractive
        • Fragrant
        • Hardy
        • Healthy
        • Lightweight
        • Versatile

        Cons

          Best Uses

          • Garden
          • Outdoors

          Comments about American Meadows Blue Cornflower or Bachelor Button Seeds:

          I love the bachelor buttons. They bloom early and last for the entire season. I have other colors including purple, pink, and white.

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          5.0

          blue as the midwest sky!

          By Laurel

          from Wenona, IL

          About Me Master Gardener

          Pros

          • Accurate Instructions
          • Attractive
          • Healthy
          • Lightweight
          • Versatile

          Cons

            Best Uses

            • Garden
            • Outdoors
            • Patio
            • Pool Area

            Comments about American Meadows Blue Cornflower or Bachelor Button Seeds:

            I order these every year, and here in the Midwest they shine! easy, loads of color, just scatter them in with your perennials and watch them go! best in full sun.

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            2.0

            Cornflower

            By Boggles

            from NYC

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              Cons

                Best Uses

                  Comments about American Meadows Blue Cornflower or Bachelor Button Seeds:

                  Though these are supposedly some of the hardiest wildflowers around, I did have some trouble growing these from seed - and despite spreading thousands upon thousands of seeds in small areas. Where they did come up, they were lovely, though swamped with green - the flowers were too tiny to stand out and rather quickly died, leaving a dense green jungle of weeds.

                  I do have to say, thought, that American Meadows's customer service is unmatched in excellence!!!

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