Centaurea montana (Perennial cornflower)
Other names: Mountain bluets, Knapweed, Mountain knapweed, Great blue-bottle, Mountain centaury
C. montana is a low-growing perennial cornflower with electric blue flowers with a red centre in summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Centaurea montana 'Gold Bullion' (Perennial cornflower 'Gold Bullion')
Other names: Perennial bachelor's button 'Gold Bullion'
'Gold Bullion' is a low-growing, deciduous perennial with a spreading carpet of golden yellow foliage from spring to autumn, and blue flowers on upright stems in late spring until early summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Centaurea montana 'Carina' (Perennial cornflower 'Carina')
Other names: Knapweed 'Carina', Mountain knapweed 'Carina'
'Carina' is a small, deciduous perennial with a broad, green rosette of foliage and tall, blue flowers in spring.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Centaurea montana 'Parham' (Perennial cornflower 'Parham')
'Parham' is a mid-sized herbaceous perennial with grey-green leaves. In summer, it bears large, lavender flowers that have narrow petals giving a feathery appearance.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Centaurea montana 'Blue' (Perennial cornflower 'Blue')
Other names: Knapweed 'Blue', Mountain bluet 'Blue', Bachelors button 'Blue'
'Blue' is a herbaceous perennial with a clump of green, lance shaped leaves and deep-blue flowers with a pink tinted centre in summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Centaurea montana 'Violetta' (Mountain cornflower 'Violetta')
Other names: Mountain knapweed 'Violetta', Perennial cornflower 'Violetta', Mountain centaury 'Violetta'
'Violetta' is an upright, bushy, rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial with broadly lance-shaped, sometimes lobed and toothed, grey-green leaves, hairy beneath, and, from late spring into summer, deep violet flowers with tubular, lobed petals.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Angelica sylvestris (Wild angelica)
Other names: Angelica montana
A. sylvestris is an upright, robust biennial or short-lived perennial with pinnate, light green leaves divided into oval leaflets. Ridged, purple flushed stems bear umbels of white or pale pink flowers in late summer to early autumn.
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1m max. spread |
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2.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Angelica sylvestris 'Vicar's Mead' (Wild angelica 'Vicar's Mead')
Other names: Angelica montana 'Vicar's Mead'
'Vicar's Mead' is an upright, robust biennial or short-lived perennial with pinnate, bronze-purple leaves divided into oval leaflets. Ridged, purple flushed stems bear umbels of white or pale pink flowers in late summer to early autumn.
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1m max. spread |
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2.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Centaurea 'Dwarf Blue Midget' (Midget Series) (Cornflower 'Dwarf Blue Midget')
Other names: Centaurea cyanus 'Dwarf Blue Midget' , Bachelor's buttons 'Dwarf Blue Midget'
'Dwarf Blue Midget' is a compact, upright annual with lance-shaped, sometimes pinnate, grey-green leaves and blue flower heads in late spring and throughout summer.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Aquilegia alpina (Alpine columbine)
Other names: Aquilegia montana, Mountain columbine, Alpine monk's head lily
A. alpina is a clump-forming perennial with finely divided blue-green leaves and bright blue nodding flowers in late spring and early summer.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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