Botanical Name: Centaurea montana
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Common Name: Montain Bluet  
Plant photo of: Centaurea montana
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Water Saving Tip:

Apply as little fertilizer as possible.

If you use fertilizer make sure it stays on the landscape, and carefully water it in so there is NO runoff.

  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Perennial

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

Blue

 

Flower Season

Spring, Summer

 

Leaf Color

Green, Grey Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Linda Engstrom
  • Description

  • Notes

Mountain Bluet is a tough perennial, growing in a dense rounded mound about 12 to 18 inches tall and wide, with dark green to grey-green simple leaves and beautiful blue flowers with petals that look like eye-lashes. Blooms late spring to early summer. It has a tendency to spread by stolons and reseeding, and so rarely ends up where you started it. If tidiness is your thing, walk past this charming flower; it's best suited to cottage style gardens, meadow-like gardens, and more naturally-styled spaces.