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Energetic “Bachelors Button”

Writer: Atanu ChatterjeeAtanu Chatterjee

Updated: Feb 13, 2023

Common name is ‘Bachelors Button’ also called ‘Cornflower’ but by species known as ‘Centaurea Cyanus’ from Asteraceae family. An all summer ornamental annual flowering plant, garden variety grows up to 2.5 ft long having branched stem and the leaves are lance-let which is about 3 cm long. The symbolic meaning for the Bachelor Button flower is youthful freedom and conveys confidence and abundant energy, produced flower heads with a ring of ray florets surrounded by a cluster of disc florets, color includes blue, maroon, pink etc. having medicinal property

Grow: When the beds get relieved from winter flowering plants, seedlings of Bachelors Buttons are placed. This is easy growers and does not require much care, apply general fertilizer to boost growing, a hardy plant and most common color of the bloom is intense blue. Preventive spray of insecticides and fungicides is welcome, prefers full sun and moderate watering for overall composed appearance.

Scientific Classification: Kingdom: Plantae; Unranked: Angiosperms, Eudiocots, Asterids; Order: Asterales; Family: Asteraceae; Tribe:Cynareae; Genus: Centaurea (Source: Wikipedia) … for correlation

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