Centaurea seeds
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Perennial Cornflower

Centaurea Dealbata   80cm     1st Year Flowering Perennial Centaurea dealbata. Perennial Persian cornflower, first year flowering and easy to grow, clear rose-pink flowers an excellent garden plant and cut flower, bushy, branched plants. Flowers June, July,  sow late winter or autumn (to over winter) indoors. pkt approx 100 seeds

Centaurea Golden Yellow Centaurea. macrocephela A hardy perennial flowering July to August , golden yellow globe-like flowers, broad and vigorous habit, ideal for dried flower use. pkt approx 60 seeds

Annual Cornflowers

Cornflower Lilac Midget  25cm     Hardy annual Centaurea cyanus. Plants are dwarf and base branching, uniform in size. Beautiful double flowers in lavender-lilac colouring. pkt approx 100 seeds

Centaurea The Bride  Up to 100cm Centaurea moschata Largest of all, beautiful pure white scented flowers on tall unbranched stems, dyes well. Flowers from July to October pkt approx 40 seeds pkt approx 80 seeds

Centaurea Black Ball  75cm Cornflower Black Ball striking deep mauve flowers are produced in clusters on contrasting green stems. A striking focal point in any border. Ideal for cut flowers, bedding and borders. Sow March to May and mid August to September. Flowers from June to the first frosts. Approx 240 seeds per gram Av 1 gram pkt

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The cultural information should be used as a guide only, I have found a number of different sowing techniques for the same seed from different sources there does not seem to be a standard. With this in mind you should use this website as a guide only, you probably already have a tried and tested way of sowing different seeds. As a rule of thumb the larger the seed size the more cover it requires, and fine seed like Lobelia, Begonia etc requires no cover.

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