Description
The annual Cornflower is a well known garden plant but rarely seen now in the wild. The Cornflower loves full sun and provides a fantastic display of rich blue flowers n tall stems. Plant in grassland, a lawn or in a container. It is traditionally an annual of arable fields but to keep it coming back each year in the garden, let it seed and then dig over the soil in the spring. Or collect some seed from the plants and resow in the Spring!
Other features:
It can also be used as a natural dye plant.
Wildlife attracted:
In the height of summer the beautiful blue flowers attract hoverflies and parasitic wasps
