Cornflower Blue Ball
Expect masses of true cornflower-blue flowers from the seed of this charming, easy-to-please annual.
Delightful in borders and cottage garden settings, where it will attract butterflies and bees, the long-stemmed Blue Ball is also a splendid cut flower and was once widely grown commercially in East Anglia for this purpose. The blooms can also be dried if desired.
Cornflower is an easy-to-grow hardy annual that flowers the same year as sowing. Its seeds can be sown directly in the garden where it is to flower. Once a common sight in cornfields before the use of herbicides, it does well in full sun on well-drained soils, including those which are dry, of low fertility or chalky.
How to Sow and Grow
- Sow outdoors, March-May or August-October, where they are to flower, 0.5cm (¼”) deep, directly into finely-prepared, well-drained soil, which has already been watered.
- Seedlings usually appear in 14-28 days.
- Thin seedlings to 20cm (8″) apart.
- Water well until plants are established.
- For a continuous display, make sowings at two to three-week intervals.
- Sowings made in curves, rather than straight lines, often create a more pleasing effect.
- Flowers: June-September.
- Late summer and autumn sowings will flower the following year, often earlier than spring sowings.
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