A cottage garden annual with rosy-red bachelor buttons flowers.
Pronunciation
(sen-TAR-ee-uh)
Plant Type
All Plants, Annuals
Sunlight
full
Moisture
average
Soil & Site
average
Flowers
my flowers varied from red to pinkish red
Dimensions
24 plus inches
Maintenance
stake if needed
Propagation
easy from seeds, direct seed into peat pots
Author's Notes
I grew this group of Centaurea and about 10 others for a couple of summers. Made nice cut flowers. Most all of my plants were floppy and needed to be staked.