Bachelor Button Flowers - How To Grow Bachelor Button.

Cornflowers

Also known as bachelor’s buttons, cornflowers  are unfazed by changeable spring weather, and bees love the flowers that rise up on straight stems in early summer. The petals of this quick-growing flower are edible, and infused cornflower floral water, used for soothing puffy eyes, is a rising star in natural skin care circles.

Bachelor's Buttons are also known for 2 in. double thistle-like blooms in late spring and early summer. Recently new bachelor's button colors have made this all time classic even better.


Bachelor's Buttons need little care. Flowers attract butterflies, are superb additions to fresh or dried arrangements. Plants are deer resistant. In mild summer areas Bachelor's Buttons will continue to flower until September when old blooms are removed. Sow seeds in fall in mild winter areas, and early spring everywhere


How to Grow Bachelor Buttons

The soil pH can range from slightly acidic to slightly alkaline, or approximately 6.6 to 7.5. It can be sandy, loamy, or even clay-like, provided it drains well. Poor drainage may lead to fungal infection.


You may conduct a soil test to determine the specific characteristics of the earth in your garden 


You can mix some compost or builder’s sand into the soil to improve drainage as needed. Compost may increase the acidity.


To sweeten soil that is too acidic, add some lime

Work the soil to a crumbly consistency, to a depth of six to 10 inches.

Sow seeds several inches apart, a quarter-inch deep.

Cover the seeds with soil, as they need darkness to germinate.


Water gently, but thoroughly, and maintain even moisture during germination.

When the seedlings have several sets of true leaves, thin them to accommodate the mature widths of one to two feet.

Fertilizer is optional. Apply a well-balanced, slow-release product in early spring if desired.

Established plants tolerate drought well, and require little, if any, supplemental water.


Once the flower is cut, it offers a long-lasting display in cut flower arrangements. This specimen was often worn in lapels of the courting gentleman of days past, hence the common name bachelor button. After learning how to grow bachelor button, you will find many uses for the long-lasting flower.


GROWING TIPS

  • Cover seeds with one-half inch of soil. They need darkness to germinate.
  • Sow seeds directly into the garden or container to avoid transplanting, as plants don’t take well to being moved.
  • Plant in soil that drains well to inhibit fungal infection.
  • Keep the soil evenly moist during germination, but don’t water established plants unless the weather is especially dry.

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