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Bachelors Button growing in a garden

How to grow bachelors button

Centaurea cyanus

When to plant bachelors button

Start seeds indoors
8 weeks before your last spring frost to 6 weeks before your last spring frost
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The windows above are relative to your frost dates.

Growing conditions

Lifecycle
Annual
Sun
Full sun
Soil pH
6 to 8

Common problems

  • needs staking when tall
  • aphids
  • mealybugs
  • self seeding

Bachelors Button by hardiness zone

Planting dates for a typical location in each zone:

Sources

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