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Centaurea cyanus - Cheerful, edible flowers that bring bright, jewel-like colour to salads and desserts. These attractive blooms serve as charming garnishes and add a nostalgic cottage-garden look to borders and containers. They thrive in full sun with well-drained soil and regular watering, making them easy to grow in mixed beds. Loved by pollinators, their vivid petals create striking summer plates and enhance both the visual appeal and subtle flavour of a wide range of dishes. Edible flowers like these have long been used to introduce colour, texture and gentle floral notes to gardens and culinary creations.
Key Uses: Edible blooms, garnishes, cottage garden colour.
Growing conditions: Full sun, well drained soil, regular watering.
Companion notes: Attracts pollinators and suits mixed beds.
Centaurea cyanus - Cheerful, edible flowers that bring bright, jewel-like colour to salads and desserts. These attractive blooms serve as charming garnishes and add a nostalgic cottage-garden look to borders and containers. They thrive in full sun with well-drained soil and regular watering, making them easy to grow in mixed beds. Loved by pollinators, their vivid petals create striking summer plates and enhance both the visual appeal and subtle flavour of a wide range of dishes. Edible flowers like these have long been used to introduce colour, texture and gentle floral notes to gardens and culinary creations.
Key Uses: Edible blooms, garnishes, cottage garden colour.
Growing conditions: Full sun, well drained soil, regular watering.
Companion notes: Attracts pollinators and suits mixed beds.
