General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: 24-30 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Other: Crimson-Black
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Flowers
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Self
Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of 'Black Ball'.

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Common names
  • Bachelor's Button
  • Cornflower
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Centaurea cyanus
  • Synonym: Cyanus segetum

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-07-11

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Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2012-07-20
Location: Lenore, ID
Plant Events from our members
antsinmypants On May 3, 2021 Plant emerged
Outdoors in bear.
antsinmypants On April 27, 2021 Plant emerged
In unheated greenhouse. Plug flat one row 17.
antsinmypants On April 23, 2021 Seeds sown
Outdoors in bear.
antsinmypants On April 23, 2021 Seeds sown
In unheated greenhouse. Plug flat one row 17.
dnrevel On June 5, 2021 Transplanted
Planted extra plants in wildflower garden at project grow, near hollyhocks.
dnrevel On May 27, 2021 Transplanted
From pots, in cultivator garden in backyard.
dnrevel On April 5, 2021 Seeds germinated
Sprouted in WS container.
dnrevel On March 26, 2021 Seeds sown
Sown in covered W / Spring container outdoors. Livingston seed.
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