Centaurea Bachelors Button Polka Dot Mixture

(Centaurea Cyanus) Annual – It’s millions of peoples’ favorite flower the world over–the Cornflower  “Bachelor’s Button.” Named for its use as a boutonniere.  It’s beautiful in the garden, stunning in a vase, and the petals are even edible, great for adding fresh color to frosting on cakes and mixed into salads.Grows quickly, blooms heavily, can regrow following spring if seed falls on bare ground.  Fluffy long thistle like flowers, MATURE HEIGHT IS 18 -24 INCHES, great for cutting, likes morning sun, tolerates shade, average well drained soil, drought tolerant, cover seeds lightly, sow direct early autumn to early winter, spring in cooler climates.