Grow guide
How to grow Bachelor Button Blue Boy
Centaurea cyanus
- Type
- Bachelor button
- Zones
- USDA zones 2–11
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 65–90 days
- Spacing
- 9″ apart
- Density
- 1 per sq ft
- Habit
- Upright
- Frost tolerance
- Hardy
- Sowing
- Direct sow
- Start indoors
- 0 weeks before last frost
- Succession
- Every 14 days
Care
- Water Weekly
- Thin As needed
- Harvest As needed
Notes
Classic pure cornflower-blue double blooms on 30 in stems; direct-sow in cool soil; succession-sow every 2-3 weeks.
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