Quick facts
- Cut-flower
- Reseeding annual
- Heirloom garden flower
Centaurea cyanus
Easy to grow flowers on 24-36” plants. Garden standard, makes a cute addition to bouquets and borders. Flowers in a variety of pastels, white, and dark purple. Attractive foliage is ferny and full. Mildly frost tolerant, quick to grow in spring. Reseeds readily.
How to grow it:
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Germ Temp
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Indoor Start
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Germ Days
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Frost Tolerant
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Sun
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Seed Depth
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Plant/Row Spacing
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60-70
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Not rec.
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7-14 d.
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Light
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Full to part
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1/8”
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6”/12”
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We prefer to direct sow 3-4 weeks prior to last frost date. Tolerant of a light frost. Cover very lightly. Grows easily when direct sown, so that is preferred. Or, start indoors 8 weeks before last frost date to get a head start. Transplants quite well provided it is kept moist during the establishment process.
Seed specs: Packet size, 1/2 g.- 150 min.
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