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Cornflowers – Mountain Rose


Cornflowers – Mountain Rose

A colorful plant with vertical growth habit. Great for the butterfly garden & for bees.



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This looks a bit like a cornflower to me. Lovely.

28 Jun, 2015

 

I've never heard of this name..I quite like it :))

28 Jun, 2015

 

You are right Linda (as usual), This is Cornflower - another name it goes by; thank you!

Centaurea cyanus, commonly known as cornflower, bachelor's button, bluebottle, boutonniere flower, hurtsickle or cyani flower, is an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe.

28 Jun, 2015

 

I was nice as Bachelor's Button. I could quite imagine a gentleman with a buttonhole of these in the lapel of his jacket,

30 Jun, 2015

 

that sounds familiar.

30 Jun, 2015



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