Rob's plants home garden plants wildlife seed photos plant sale journal topics links guestbook Centaurea stoebe ssp. stoebe

 

Synonym(s) Centaurea maculosa Common name spotted knapweed Family asteraceae Life cycle biennial/perennial Flowers pink Size to 4' Light From seed germinate at room temperature Flowers first year from seed sown indoors early. detailed seed-starting info below

It's hard to dislike a plant that attracts monarchs in droves From internet descriptions, I gathered this is mostly a weed. But we grow lots of weeds, so this one got its chance in our garden as well. Sure enough, it's not the most refined of garden plants, but I was pleasantly surprised by its narrowly upright habit and pretty buds just before they open. Once open, they look like any knapweed (or bachelors button) flowers, of the purple variety. I'll watch their habit through the rest of the year, to decide if they can come back for another season.

In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: back yard island

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Seed-starting details for this plant

2007. Seed from '05 trade. Baggy 70F (93%G, 4d)

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