Bachelor Button - Dwarf Mix

$1.89

The Bachelor Button Dwarf Blend, 'Centaurea cyanus', is a blend of purple, light blue, pink, and white flowers that will impress you. Bachelor Button will naturalize as the seeds the plant drops will quite readily come back the next year to produce another crop of beautiful flowers. Bachelor Button is also known as Cornflower. Bachelor Button prefers full sun but they will withstand some light shade. In addition to the wonderful blend of colors, Bachelor Button Dwarf Mix has other admirable traits including drought tolerance. The flowers can be used as dried or cut flowers. In warm climates, plant in late summer or early fall for winter bloom. Plant in the spring, 1 to 2 weeks before the last frost. Bachelor Button will perform the best in relatively dry soils. Bachelor Button blooms 10 to 12 weeks after seeding. ... find out more

Stock - Twist If they are planted close to a window or in a window box, you can smell their sweet fragrance. The Stock Twist prefers rich moist soil in full sun to light shade. The flowers appear on spikes of 1/2 inch-1 inch cross-shaped single and double flowers. Plant seeds in the spring after the last average frost date or in the fall for zones 9 or warmer. Stock is a cottage gardeners delight as it is one of the few outdoor flowering plants that can be brought indoors to bloom. The Stock Twist, ' Matthiola incana', has a unique color and spicy-sweet fragrance that will delight you outside in the garden or inside as a cut flower. Plant Stock Twists in the fall in warm winter climates and they will bloom late winter and into spring. They will also tolerate a little frost.