Cornflower Blue Ball Seed.

A vivid true blue cornflower with full double blooms on tall slender stems ideal for borders meadows and cutting.

 

Blue Ball is a classic cornflower known for its intense true blue colour and full double flowers which create a bold cottage garden look through summer.

 

Plants grow upright with long branching stems that move gently in the breeze and carry abundant blooms that attract bees butterflies and other pollinators throughout the season.

 

This variety thrives in full sun and well drained soil and is especially suited to naturalistic plantings wildflower areas and relaxed borders where it brings height movement and strong colour contrast.

 

Flowers last well when cut and can also be dried for simple rustic arrangements making Blue Ball a versatile choice for both garden and vase.

 

Direct sowing is easy and reliable and plants flower quickly from seed giving a long colourful display from early to late summer.

 

Seed Qty Approx 1 gram

 

Sowing and planting

Sow outdoors March to May or August to October for earlier flowers the following year

Germination 10 to 28 days at 10 to 18 C

Grow in free draining soil in full sun

Height 70 to 100 cm

Spread 20 to 30 cm

Flowers June to September 

 

Sowing instructions

Sow thinly in shallow drills about 5 mm deep and cover lightly with soil

Keep moist until seedlings appear then thin to allow strong upright growth

Autumn sowings overwinter and flower earlier the following season

 

Growing and maintenance

Deadhead regularly to extend flowering

Support may be helpful in exposed sites due to tall stems

Water during prolonged dry spells

 

Uses and benefits

True blue double blooms

Excellent cut and dried flower

Loved by bees and butterflies

Fast growing hardy annual

Ideal for borders meadows and wildlife gardens