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Centaurea montana 'Amethyst Dream'
Amethyst Dream Bachelor's Button or Mountain Bluet
Forb
Bloom color
Bloom Time
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Blooms in: April, May, July, August
Plant Details
- Height
- 1.5-2'
- Width
- 1.5-2'
- Hardiness Zone
- 3 to 9
- Light
- full sun
- Soil Type
- clay, loam, sand
- Soil Moisture
- moist to dry
- Bloom Color
- purple
- Foliage Color
- Gray Green
- Fall Color
- NULL
- Form
- clumped, erect or upright, mounded, rounded, spreading
Ecological Value
bird, butterfly
Combines Well With
Coral Bells, Columbine, Tickseed, Rose Campion, Yarrow, Black-eyed Susan, Russian Sage, Gaura, Ornamental Grasses
drought toleranthigh tolerance (also called deer resistant)salt sensitive