Best Tips for Growing BACHELOR BUTTONS: Growing in the Garden

Bachelor buttons (Centaurea cyanus, also called cornflowers) are an easy-to-grow cool-season annual flower that blooms in early spring. Learn how to grow bachelor buttons, and the bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects that love these colorful flowers will thank you.
Introduction 00:00
Choose the best location 00:34
Space plants correctly 01:04
Start plants from seed 01:19
Transplant thinned seedlings 01:36
Plant at the best time for your climate 01:47
Encourage beneficial insects 02:12
Spray aphids 02:35
Encourage more blooms 02:52
Use in a variety of ways 02:57
Save seeds 03:22
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[@DaveJanssensongs]

Very nice video. I appreciate seeing the baby plants to help identify them.

[@Melshed]

I love the videos focusing on a single plant! I love bachelors buttons and didn’t think to plant any in my new flower bed! I’ll make a note to plant in the fall 😊. BTW, I’m attempting my first raised veggie garden bed here in the harsh west Texas desert, and your videos about gardening in extreme heat have been SO helpful. I’ve rewatched most of them multiple times.

[@Aelea]

Wow. Short, concise, to the point. Thank you!

[@lolodee3528]

The blue of my tall AND dwarf bachelor buttons inspire my dreams. They’re beautiful.

[@darrylsharongrimaldi2040]

Zone 7 (Oklahoma) this is a reliable cold tolerant flower. We sew them in the fall so they sprout. Believe it or not, while they stop growing during the winter, they come through freezes and below temps. They a wonder flowers in my garden. This I one of the first flowers I grew from seed directly Sean in ground.

[@callikohl7603]

I'm in Nebraska and grew Bachelor Buttons last year. They bloomed and didn't stop til about November. They also stayed green, although didn't grow, I was amazed at that.

[@zarahsgarden2097]

Im so excited its my first year growing them and I winter sowed them.. they sprouted and continued to germinate through well below freezing temperatures! The little seedlings are ready to be planted out and it's still well before our last expected frost. Im just learning about flowers but I am seriously loving all these cold hardy annuals 🌱💕

[@generalnguyenngocloan1700]

I was very surprised how well my bachelor’s buttons did in SW Florida. They are still flowering in June from the past early fall. Too bad they’re annuals, but the seeds are cheap. I get 4 packs for a buck at Dollar Tree. 👍🏻

[@juliajohnson1423]

Great info. Thank you!

[@stephaniehanuman-dale6279]

Everyone who walks by my yard tells me how much they enjoy looking at the bachelor buttons I let them reseed themselves each year I didn’t know the flowers were edible 💚 I’m growing to add some along with nasturtium and chive flowers to my next salad🥬 Thank you❤️

[@WisGuy4]

I subscribe to about half a dozen gardening channels on KZbin and go through those from another dozen or so channels, and I have to admit that your channel gives the very best, most concise, and informative information on each of the gardening topics that you select. I live in the northern part of the country and won’t have a frost free day for another month or so, so we do have some differences in what we plant and not every one of your videos would be potentially as helpful to me as those from another channel. However, every single one of your videos that I have ever seen has always been done exactly right and I really appreciate the time and effort and thought you put into your videos.

[@jessicacurtis4199]

Brief Precise lecture

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

So nice of you to say, thank you. I appreciate it.

[@Thankful_.]

Beautiful! I’m getting ready to start some seeds! 😊

[@theone6891]

Amazing. 😊

[@alejandrocorney9053]

Very good!! Thank you!

[@safefromdaapes7109]

Hi Angela I loved watching your video God Bless

[@missourigirl4101]

Thank you for posting this. I forgot about them and they are so pretty. New subscriber here

[@muzduza44]

Thankx

[@jordanyeager9220]

Just started growing mine from a $1 packet of seeds and already seeing growth!!

[@leahrolan1265]

Me too! So if they bloom in early spring and it's almost June, a waste of time....as it wont bloom?

[@jordanyeager9220]

@@leahrolan1265 mine have tall stocks and blooms. Sprinkled a little garden tone around the base of each sprout.

[@leahrolan1265]

@@jordanyeager9220 mine are just still coming up. About 3 inches....so it's time to wait....if it's next year, that's OK. I planted many flowers in pots this year.

[@kitchenandgardener]

Beautiful

[@backtonature433]

Lovely 😍 💐💐💐

[@xianghouzinjianghu5001]

I have huge pieces of my garden where they grow and bloom profusely in full scorching blazing sun with the white wall shining back on them. They are 5 feet tall to my chest. Very very long blooming time.

[@xianghouzinjianghu5001]

Also worth noting- very very little care if any. They are the most lowest maintenance plant in my garden.

[@rosyortzd9566]

I'm so happy to find your video it's like you read my mind I just bought a pack of seeds

[@myartfulife]

Me too!!! Looking forward to seeing them grow and bloom!!!

[@adriannaparga3728]

im so glad i found your video. this year was my first year trying to plant bachelor buttons and theyre dying and i couldnt figure out why, but i think its already too hot. cause its been well passed the 2 weeks and theyre turning for the worst :(

[@onetwocue]

Im in z 5 iowa, i just let the plants reseed along with larkspur and bells of ireland and they're always overwinter for me and bloom

[@bangasama6181]

Hello! I am trying to make naturalized patches of bulbs in my garden, but in zone 10 classic bulbs like tulips and hyacinths won't work. So ma'am can you please make a video about flowering bulbs that can easily naturalise and thrive in warm climates? Thank you!

[@jordanyeager9220]

Try daffodils

[@emylytle5409]

I’m in zone 9-9b and I planted them when I got a perennial pack from a hardware and my grandkids planted it and it was one of the seeds in the packet so I keep them and have them every year, thank you Angela for this video. I didn’t think they are invasive. I made a mistake of asking my neighbor of this sissy pink and I have to get rid of it as they are messing with my roses. I didn’t know they spread like wild and their roots are imbedded deep 🙄 I have to dig every time I’m out to get it clean.

[@hermanhale9258]

I tried planting these in the spring about three times, they never did very well. I don't remember planting a packet of BBs last fall, but I did make a little spot for flowers at the end of summer and the only thing that came up this year was a nice tall stand of bachelor buttons. I thought they were wild onions or something at first. They are in bloom now, end of Mar, early April. Not my favorite flower to look at, but at least they look healthy.

[@sislertx]

This year only my.batchleor buttons came up again..im gonna give up on larkspur and that oyla and others u direct.seed...im moving on to starting my sunflower and zinnia. No rain here too...very frustrating

[@Jennian_3]

Does it help to make them bushier by pinching them off like you would with cosmos and zinnias? Or leave them alone? Thank you!

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

This year I pinched some and left some alone, and they got big and busy either way.

[@sheenalangeillustrations]

I’m in Colorado in zone 7 I have grown bachelors buttons for two years now and I like that they reseed themselves. But mine always end up flopping over and they need support. The stems of mine look thinner then yours in the video. They are in a sunny spot that also gets some shade in the afternoon. Am I not watering them enough maybe? I’m not sure what would cause mine to be flopping over. Thank you

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

They can get top heavy. You could try topping them to encourage lower branching.

[@pushpabhatia6154]

Such a lovely information u give alway am a great fan I made a mistake by planting all together in big pot so now they r not blooming so tmw my first job will be to separate them u u think it’s nesassery to separate them or I will get blooms please can u take some of y valubel time to answer my Q thanku soo much happy gardening ❤🤗♥️😊

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Best to separate them so each plant can grow well.

[@pushpabhatia6154]

@@GrowingInTheGarden thank u soo much 🤗🥰

[@hanoyamung2424]

Till which month does it bloom?

[@cain1401]

I believe it was Bachelor Button…but after it went seed the goldfinches came down and fed on that seed.

[@kathywright6917]

Do you pinch them to get stronger long stems?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

You can, yes. I didn't see a big difference in the ones I pinched and the ones I didn't.

[@brm1279]

Can you post your videos on Rumble?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

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[@diana-lynn]

I have acquired bachelors button seeds. Is it too late to plant the seeds in July?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

I'd wait until later this fall for most areas.

[@diana-lynn]

@@GrowingInTheGarden thank you

[@leona1651]

Can you cut Bach bachelor buttons

[@nowirehangers2815]

They reseed everywhere and once they’ve flowered they look so straggly I grew them once and can’t get rid of them they keep popping up I don’t like them

[@Tambisme]

Can I transplant it?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

When it is very young, yes.

[@meyersonfire]

did she say what kind of soil?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

They tolerate poor soil, but grow best in good soil. This is the soil I recommend: growinginthegarden.com/best-soil-for-raised-bed-vegetable-gardening/