CORNFLOWER BLUE DIADEM

(Centaurea cyanus)

Cornflower Blue Diadem (Centaurea Cyanus) - Blue Diadem Flower have extra large double flowers, excellent for cutting.

SOWING:

Season: Annual

Height: 65cm (26 inches)

Bloom Season: Mid-summer and fall

Bloom Colour: Sky blue

Environment: Full sun

Soil Type: Well-drained, pH 6.6–7.8

Germ temperature: 15-21C (60 - 70F)

Depth: 0.5cm (1/4 inch)

Moisture: Keep seeds moist until germination

Plant Spacing: 15–30 cm (6–12 inches)

Directly sow Cornflower seed outdoors in early spring as soon as soil can be worked. Prepare seedbed by loosening soil and weeding. Broadcast Cornflower seed and rake into the soil, covering the wild flower seed. Bachelor's Button seed can also be sown in late fall, after several frosts. It will lay on the ground dormant until spring conditions bring on germination.