Bachelor's Button, Classic Artistic

This stunning mix gives you an artist's palette of two-toned flowers in blues, plums, pinks, and whites—way more interesting than single-color varieties. The flowers hold their color beautifully in the vase and keep blooming all summer if you cut them regularly, making them perfect for keeping your kitchen counter full of bouquets.

Bachelor's Button: These charming, old-fashioned annuals, also known as cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) or bachelor's buttons, produce masses of papery, fringed blooms in vivid blue, pink, or white. These reliable cottage garden standards thrive on neglect, readily self-sow, and attract pollinators. They are excellent, long-lasting cut flowers, and their edible petals add a pop of color as a garnish in salads and cocktails.

• Growing Tips: Transplant 2-4 weeks before last frost, spacing 6-12 inches apart; pinch young plants to encourage branching and increased flower production.

• Sun Requirements: Full sun (6-8 hours minimum) is required for abundant blooming.

• Preferred Soil: Average, well-drained soil is preferred; demonstrates tolerance for poor soil and drought conditions. Avoid overly rich soil.

• Harvest Details: Cut flowers when half-open for the longest vase life; deadhead regularly to extend the bloom period from late spring through summer; plants bloom most heavily in cool weather.