Description The perennial cornflowers are cousins to the common Bachelor’s Button, with showy heads of shaggy flowers. This species is medium in stature and well suited to growing in the sunny border. Plants form a bushy clump of grey-green divided leaves, setting off a display of rosy-purple flowers in early summer. Plant Care Position: full sun Soil: fertile, well-drained soil Flowering period: June to July Hardiness: fully hardy Deadhead regularly to prolong flowering Eventual Height & Spread Height: 65-100cm Spread: 30-50cm