About the Mountian Bluet
- Bachelors Button :
The Centaurea ‘Bachelor's Button’, Centaurea
montana, also know as Cornflower and Blue Bottle,
has small thistle-like single flowers at the end of
a delicate stem, being bright blue and very showy,
with gray-green foliage. With a height of 24” and a
plant width of 12-24”, it is an excellent late
summer to early fall bloomer. If cut back after
blooming, it will continue to produce new blooms
throughout the season. Centaurea ‘Bachelor's Button’
is tolerant of cool winters.
Place it in poor, dry, to moderately moist,
well-drained soil in full sun will help it to bloom
throughout early to mid-summer. The gray-green,
lance-shaped foliage add contrast to this plant.
This plant knows no serious insect or disease
problems. Use Centaurea ‘Bachelor's Button’ massed
in border fronts, cottage gardens or naturalized
areas. For planting with other perennials, try
‘Illumination’ Vinca, ‘Variegated’ Sedum or
Echinacea ‘Purple Coneflower’.
