Centaurea montana 'Alba' (White perennial cornflower)
Other names: Centaurea montana f. alba, Mountain cornflower 'Alba', Mountain knapweed 'Alba', Mountain bluet 'Alba'
'Alba' is a rhizomatous, mat-forming perennial with ovate to lance-shaped, sometimes lobed and toothed, mid-green leaves and white flowerheads from late spring to midsummer.
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0.75m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Centaurea montana 'Amethyst in Snow' (Mountain cornflower 'Amethyst in Snow')
Other names: Perennial cornflower 'Amethyst in Snow', Mountain bluet 'Amethyst in Snow', Perennial bachelor's buttons 'Amethyst in Snow'
'Amethyst in Snow' is a mat-forming, rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial with broadly lance-shaped, sometimes lobed and toothed, grey-green leaves, hairy beneath, and, from late spring into summer, white flowers with well-spaced, tubular petals and deep purple to reddish-purple centres.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Centaurea 'Jordy' (Knapweed 'Jordy')
Other names: Perennial cornflower 'Jordy', Centaurea montana 'Jordy'
'Jordy' is a mat-forming, rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial with broadly lance-shaped, sometimes lobed and toothed, mid- to grey-green leaves, hairy beneath, and, from late spring into summer, upright stems bearing maroon to deep reddish-purple flowers with linear, fringed petals.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Centaurea 'Amethyst on Ice' (Perennial cornflower 'Amethyst on Ice')
Other names: Centaurea montana 'Amethyst on Ice', Mountain cornflower 'Amethyst on Ice', Mountain bluet 'Amethyst on Ice'
'Amethyst on Ice' is a rhizomatous, mat-forming perennial with broadly lance-shaped, sometimes lobed and toothed, dark green leaves and, from late spring to late summer, white flowerheads with prominent, dark purple centres.
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0.7m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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1-2 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 |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Sanvitalia 'Cuzco Compact' (Creeping zinnia 'Cuzco Compact')
Other names: Sanvitalia 'Santanis', Melampodium montanum 'Cuzco Compact', Melampodium montanum 'Santanis'
'Cuzco Compact' is a prostrate, mound-forming to trailing annual with oval, pointed, dark green leaves and, from early summer to early autumn, bright yellow flowers with black centres.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.1m max. height |
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1 year to maturity |
Centaurea 'Blue Carpet' (Cornflower 'Blue Carpet')
Other names: Centaurea cyanoides 'Blue Carpet', Dwarf Syrian cornflower, Cornflower 'Trailing Blue Carpet'
'Blue Carpet' is a compact, mat-forming to trailing annual with broadly lance-shaped, grey-green leaves, and, throughout summer, purple-flushed, blue flowers with tubular, lobed petals.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.1m max. height |
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1 year to maturity |
Alyssum montanum 'Berggold' (Alyssum 'Berggold')
Other names: Alyssum montanum 'Mountain Gold', Mountain alyssum 'Berggold', Madwort 'Berggold', Mountain madwort 'Berggold'
'Berggold' is a mat-forming, evergreen perennial with prostrate stems bearing rosettes of small, oblong to ovate, grey-green leaves and racemes of fragrant, golden-yellow flowers in late spring and early summer.
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0.9m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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