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Bachelor’s Button Mix
Botanical Name: Centaurea cyanus
Type: Hardy Annual

Bachelor’s Button Mix brings you a joyful blend of classic cornflower colours, including brilliant blue, rich purple, soft pink, and crisp white. These charming, frilly-petaled blooms sit atop slender, upright stems and bloom continuously from early summer into autumn. Easy to grow and loved by pollinators, this mix is ideal for cottage gardens, wildflower plantings, borders, and cutting gardens — offering both beauty and biodiversity.

Plant Details

Type: Hardy annual
Height: 50–60cm
Spread: 15–30cm
Flowers: June – August
Position: Full sun; light, well-drained soil

Growing Information

Sow: April – May directly outdoors
Germination: 7–14 days at 15–20°C
Spacing: 25–30cm apart
Care: Water in dry spells, deadhead regularly to prolong flowering; allow some plants to self-seed for next year

Why You’ll Love It

Colourful mix of blue, purple, pink & white blooms
Excellent for pollinators and beneficial insects
Great for cut flowers, dried bouquets & wildflower gardens
Hardy, easy, and self-sowing for naturalised displays

Top Tip

For a longer flowering season, sow a few rows every 2–3 weeks in spring. Bachelor’s Button thrives in poor soils — no need to over-fertilise.

Perfect For

Wildflower meadows & natural-style borders
Pollinator-friendly planting
Cut flower gardens & dried arrangements
Cottage gardens & low-maintenance spaces

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