Centaurea montana 'Purple Form'

Bold, royal purple cornflowers. The flowers are very attractive to bees. The fresh leaves are attractively covered in silver hairs. Reaches about 45-60cm and is more clump forming and upright than other montana varieties. Flowers from May through the summer if cut back hard after flowers fade. Drought tolerant but not fussy about soil. Best in sun or light shade.

The RHS Plant Finder lists C.m. "Purpurea" which is probably now the accepted name for our plant, but we'd like to check this out before changing our listing.

Mail order 9cm £3.90 (order now to reserve for spring delivery)
Large plants to collect only - £4.50 (few available 2008, available again 2009)