Cornflower Perennial. They grow 2 to 4 feet in height with dark green foliage. Its certainly a pretty thing and not likely to be confused with any other species except other garden variety Centaura species.
Montana is a rhizomatous perennial with simple or lobed leaves hairy beneath and blue flower-heads 5cm across reddish in the centre from late spring to summer. Its certainly a pretty thing and not likely to be confused with any other species except other garden variety Centaura species. This species is medium in stature and well suited to growing in the sunny border.
Genus Centaurea may be annuals perennials or subshrubs with simple or pinnately lobed leaves and showy thistle-like flowers-heads often with enlarged outer florets Details C.
Mountain cornflower needs well-drained soil in order to thrive and it can tolerate dry soils quite wellin fact it. The cornflower belongs to the European Centaurea family. Montana is a rhizomatous perennial with simple or lobed leaves hairy beneath and blue flower-heads 5cm across reddish in the centre from late spring to summer. It displays single 2-inch fringed violet blue flowers with purple to reddish centers.