Centaurea triumfettii ssp. stricta
Dense mat-forming perennial with grey-woolly leaves. Buds covered in brown, white-tipped bracts, open to clear blue and reddish violet flowerheads.
Centaurea simplicicaulis
Dense mat-forming perennial with hairy, mid-green leaves. Elongated buds covered in white-tipped bracts, open to silvery rose-pink flowerheads.
Centaurea scabiosa
Clump-forming perennial with narrow leaves. Purple flowers surrounded by blackish brown bracts from mid-summer.
Centaurea montana ‘Parham’
Mat-forming robust perennial with narrow mid-green leaves woolly beneath. Woolly stems carry dark lavender-blue flowerheads.
Centaurea montana carnea
Mat-forming robust perennial with narrow mid-green leaves woolly beneath. Woolly stems carry pink flowerheads.
Centaurea montana alba
Mat-forming robust perennial with narrow mid-green leaves woolly beneath. Woolly stems white flowerheads.
Centaurea montana
Mat-forming robust perennial with narrow mid-green leaves woolly beneath. Woolly stems carry blue flowerheads with reddish violet petals.
Centaurea macrocephala
Clump-forming robust perennial with mid-green leaves and stout leafy stems carrying a bright yellow thistle-like flower.
Centaurea hypoleuca ‘John Coutts’
Slowly spreading perennial with wavy-margined leaves, light green above and grey-green beneath. Deep rose-pink flowerheads.
Centaurea dealbata ‘Steenbergii’
Clump-forming perennial with leaves light green above and grey-green beneath. Dark carmine-pink flowers with white tinged centres.
Centaurea dealbata
Clump-forming perennial with leaves light green above and grey-green beneath. Pink flowers with white centres.
Centaurea bella
Attractive white-woolly stems with green leaves covered in white hairs underneath. Pale pink to purple flowers.