Button Flower Plant. 10082019 For growing Craspedia billy buttons choose a location that is warm open and receives full sun. Its probably fair to say if you have tried it you wont have forgotten about it not for its flavour but for its unusual sensory qualities.
Long-lasting flowers bloom from June to August and perform well as cut stems. Brass buttons plants are appealing to beginning gardeners because they tolerate a wide variety of light and soil situations. Although the foliage is supposed to be pineapple-scented the fragrance was faint for me here in Pennsylvania but may be stronger.
Yellow Bachelors Button will grow to be about 18 inches tall at maturity extending to 24 inches tall with the flowers with a spread of 18 inches.
Exposure to full sun is required at least 6 six hours of direct sunlight helps the plant to bloom profusely. It can be used for massing in the border or to fill in spaces left by perennials that fade away as it gets hot. Frilly showy flowers grow on multi-branching stems which may reach 2 to 3 feet 60-90 cm. Across 5 cm with a button center.