Delivery: Early April to Late May

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Cornflower 'Centaurea cyanus'

  • Catalogue Code 5120-7356
  • Pack Contents: 10 young plants

Beautiful, graceful flowers with ruffled petals the colour of a deep blue summer sky.

Once common in cornfields, it is perfect for naturalising in a sunny wildflower border and is loved by butterflies and bees.

These flowers are delivered to you as young plants that are around 12cm (5in) from root to tip.

Plants at this stage are at the perfect stage of development to grow and flower really fast once planted.

If you receive your plants before April pot up into larger pots and plant out into containers or beds from April onwards.

On a pleasant and dry spring or summer day plant out into soil and water well. As the plants start to flower add a high potassium fertiliser to give your flowers a real boost.

Height
30-60cm/1-2ft

Features

  • Attracts Bees
  • Varieties suitables for cutting
  • Will flower well in full sun

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Our products are all grown with the utmost care and to high standards of quality. We regularly check our nursery stock to determine exactly when they will be at the optimum time for despatch.

We despatch our fresh, nursery-grown live plants (including vegetables, trees and flowers) when they are at a stage of growth ready for you, the customer, to plant on at home.

The delivery period shown on your order confirmation indicates when you can expect to receive your order and we will endeavour to despatch your plants in this period within 7-14 days