Growing bachelor's button 5 Articles

by Glory Lennon

Bachelor Buttons or Centaurea Cyanus as they are known botanically is an annual. It grows in all zones self-sowing to its heart's content. Some call it the cornflower because of its tendency of frequently popping up in an...read more

by Andrew Baker

Growing bachelor's buttons is fun and rewarding. Along with the excitement of growing flowers, comes this spectacular beauty of bachelor's buttons. If you love easy-growing flowers, then this is the perfect flower for you....read more

by Kelly Szymanski

Growing Bachelor's Buttons Bachelor's Buttons, which are also known as Cornflowers because they tend to grow wild in grain fields in Europe, are so easy to grow that they are a favorite among even the youngest of buddi...read more

by Janet Weir

Bachelor Button (Centaurea cyanus) is an annual flower that certainly has a place in naturalized, wild flower and cutting gardens. Bachelor Button grows in full sun, flowers June to August and seeds ripen August to Octobe...read more

by Laurie Brown

Bachelor's Buttons- centaurea cyanus- are some of the easiest annuals to grow. Given a place they like, they will naturalize but not take over, self seeding themselves happily. I see them frequently on the edges of hayfie...read more