Search Results for "Centaurea montana"

Eucomis montana (Montane pineapply lily )

Other names: Pineapple lily

E. montana is a rosette-forming, bulbous perennial with arching, broadly lance-shaped, dark green leaves and, from late summer into autumn, erect, dark purple stems bearing dense racemes of white, often purple-flushed flowers with purple-brown stamens.
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0.4m max. spread

0.4m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Centaurea triumfettii subsp. stricta (Erect centaury)

Other names: Squarrose knapweed, Centaurea stricta

C. triumfettii subsp. stricta is a clump-forming, rhizomatous, deciduous perennial with woolly, narrowly lance-shaped, toothed, grey-green leaves and, in early summer, upright stems bearing blue flower heads with reddish-purple central florets.
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0.6m max. spread

0.3m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Stemmacantha centaureoides (Silver thistle)

Other names: Centaurea cynaroides, Centaurea 'Pulchra Major', Leuzea centaureoides, Serratula cynaroides , Rhaponticum centauroides, Cardoon knapweed

S. centaureoides is a clump-forming perennial with narrowly ovate, pinnate, dark green leaves, grey-green and hairy beneath. Tall stems bear large buds with bristly, glossy, silvery green bracts opening to deep pink or purple-pink flower heads in summer.
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0.6m max. spread

1.2m max. height

1-2 years to maturity

Centaurea 'John Coutts' (Knapweed 'John Coutts' )

Other names: Centaurea hypoleuca 'John Coutts' , Cornflower 'John Coutts'

'John Coutts' is vigorous, clump-forming, slowly-spreading, herbaceous perennial with broadly lance-shaped, pinnately lobed, grey-green leaves, white-hairy beneath, and upright stems bearing fragrant, purple-pink flower heads in summer.
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0.45m max. spread

0.6m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Leucanthemum graminifolium (Grass-leaved ox-eye daisy)

Other names: Grass-leaf ox-eye daisy, Chrysanthemum montanum, Mountain chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum adustum, Leucanthemum montanum, Chrysanthemum graminifolium

L. graminifolium is a clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with oblong to spoon-shaped, toothed, dark green basal leaves. Erect, wiry stems bear linear to oblong leaves and white flower heads in summer.
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0.3m max. spread

0.3m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium lusitanicum (Portuguese allium)

Other names: Allium 'Summer Beauty', Ornamental onion 'Summer Beauty', Ornamental garlic 'Summer Beauty', Allium senescens subsp. montanum, Allium angulosum 'Summer Beauty', Allium lusitanicum 'Summer Beauty', Mountain garlic , Allium senescens 'Montana'

A. lusitanicum is an upright, clump-forming, bulbous perennial with strongly aromatic, linear, mid-green leaves and sturdy, hollow stems bearing dense, rounded umbels of purple-pink to pale pink flowers in summer
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0.3m max. spread

0.4m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Iris missouriensis (Missouri flag)

Other names: Iris montana, Iris tolmeiana, Western blue flag, Rocky Mountain iris, Wild iris, Wild blue iris

I. missouriensis is a variable, spreading, rhizomatous, deciduous perennial with strap-shaped, erect to arching, dark blue-green leaves and, in summer, slender, branched stems bearing flowers with short, blue to lavender standards and paler falls with dark purple veins.
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0.3m max. spread

0.5m max. height

2-5 years to maturity