Bachelor’s buttons were discovered in Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb and bachelor’s buttons were a favorite with ... Depending upon the variety, plants will grow to between 1 and 3 feet tall.

The bachelor’s button, also known as cornflower because of its prevalence in cornfields in its native Europe, is a cutting garden and cottage garden favorite. Grown for its bright blue, fringed ...

With their star-like brilliant blue blossoms, Centaurea cyanus or bachelor’s buttons are blooming again in Redlands. Native to Europe, this member of the Asteraceae family has naturalized across ...

I’ve also found a number of references to the cultivation of bachelor’s buttons in 18th- and 19th-century American garden handbooks. In 1847, Thomas Bridgeman listed it in “The Young ...

No matter what you call them – cornflowers, bachelor’s buttons, basket flower or the old-fashioned blue bottom – members of the genus Centaurea are wonderful additions to any garden.Even if ...

No matter what you call them – cornflowers, bachelor’s buttons, basket flower or the old-fashioned blue bottom – members of the genus Centaurea are wonderful additions to any garden.Even if ...

Bachelor buttons and celosia offer easy summer color. Published 1:25 am Thursday, September 4, 2014. By Keith Hansen, Keeping It Green. Courtesy The Globe Amaranth Fireworks can be seen in the ...