Centaurea montana
'Carnea'
(Perennial Cornflower)
  

Centaurea montana 'Carnea' is a reliable and hardy plant, suitable for a variety of garden styles and locations especially at the front of the border and within a cottage garden. 

This variety of Centaurea montana is renowned for its clump-forming growth pattern and attractive, pale pink blooms that are highly attractive to insects.

• Height: Easily maintained to 50cm 
• Spread: Easily maintained to 50cm
• Foliage Colour: Grey-green leaves
• Flower Colour: Showy pale pink flowers
• Flowering Season: Spring-Summer
• Soil Type: Moist, well drained, sandy, loam, chalk, clay
  
• Position: Full Sun - Semi Shade
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy once established, H7 (-15 and below)
• Type: Herbaceous Perennial