| Description | An old fashion Cottage garden plant with blue double flower. |
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| Pronunciation | (sen-TOR-ree-ah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Annuals |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average, not rich |
| Flowers | blue, many small ray flowers gives the double effect, involucre of bracts at the base |
| Leaves | lanceolate, linear, green |
| Dimensions | 1-2 feet |
| Maintenance | may need staking, can ressed in the right conditions |
| Propagation | seeds, in sito |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced before 1600 in the United States. |
| Misc Facts | Centaurea (enus name) is derived from the name of a plant in Greek mythology (kentaurion or centaureum) in which Chiron, one of the half-man half-horse centaurs (kentauros), is said to have used knapweed (species from this Centaurea genus) to heal a wound on his foot. (#145) |
| Author's Notes | To me this is one of the bluest (true blue) flowers available. May revile the Delphinium blue. |
| Notes & Reference | #51-Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials (Alan Arimitage), #108-Restoring American Gardens (Denise Wiles Adams), #145-Plant Lives, (Sue Eland) www.plantlives.com |
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