Cornflower

Piercing, bright blue flowers with violet blue centres from early to late summer and lance-shaped, mid-green leaves. Once a common sight in cornfields this beautiful annual is perfect for naturalising in a sunny wildflower garden. Profits from these seeds are used to protect existing wildflower areas and develop potential new sites.Position: full sunSoil: well-drained soilRate of growth: averageFlowering period: June to AugustFlower colour: bright blueOther features: the flowers are attractiv to butterflies and beesHardiness: fully hardy Garden care: When sowing seeds do not use a fertiliser since wildflowers prefer poor soils. Deadhead regularly to prolong flowering. In autumn cut the faded flowerheads down to the ground and compost the dead stemsGoes well with: Knautia arvensis, Cardamine pratensis, Lonicera pericymenum, Briza media, Papaver rhoeas, Leucanthemum vulgare
More Information