Other common names
bachelor's buttons, barbeau, blaver, blawort, blue blaw, blue bonnets, blue bow, blue poppy, blue sailors, blue tops, bluebottle, bluets, break-your-spectacles, brushes, bunk, corn binks, corn centaury, cornbottle, French pink, happy skies, haw dods, hurtsickle, penlas yr yd, ragged robin, ragged sailor, witches' bells
Synonyms
Centaurea pulchra
Annual Biennial
A cornflower annual to 75cm tall, with lance-shaped, slightly lobed, mid-green leaves, and solitary deep blue flowerheads 3-4cm across, with violet-blue inner florets, in late spring and summer
Position
Full sun
Soil Types
Loam, Sand
Max Height
0.5-1 metres
Max Spread
0.1-0.5 metres