Cornflower (Centaurea Cyanus)

Sometimes known as the bachelor’s button, this annual can grow up to a metre in height. It flowers from June to September and it’s habitat is grain fields, rye fields, fallow land, roadsides and wasteland.

picture taken from our very first native welsh cornflower field.

Sowing rate: 1-2g per m2

Recommended sowing times: March-May, August-October

RHS plants for pollinators