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Centaurea montana


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Centaurea montana, the perennial bachelor's button, is a cottage garden classic with feathery, royal blue flowers with dark pink centres.


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Centaurea montana, the perennial bachelor's button, is a cottage garden classic with feathery, royal blue flowers with dark pink centres. Plants will re-bloom almost endlessly if cut back after the first flowering.


Common Name: Bachelor's Button

Family: Asteraceae (The Aster/Daisy Family)

Zone Hardiness: 3-9

Light: Full Sun

Height: 12-24"

Width: 12-24"

Primary Bloom Colour: Blue

Secondary Bloom Colour: Pink

Class: Deciduous

Type: Perennial

Bloom Time: Summer

Soil Moisture: Average, Dry

Stem Colour:

Fragrance: No

Berries: No

Benefits: Butterflies, Bees

Deer Resistant: Unknown

BC Native: No

Native Habitat: Mountain woodland margins and meadows.

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Geogrpahical Origin: Europe and Africa - Europe and Western Russia

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