Garden: Beautiful But Invasive Flower

RE: Garden: Beautiful But Invasive Flower Post By KCC (Guest Post) (06/30/2008) FYI I posted this picture. You're right, LAVAUN, it's definitely not a Bachelor Button of the annual variety. shishi (26)wins the prize...it is the Centaurea "Montana". Trust me, I know what it is. Perhaps it does multiply by seeds, but I've never given it a chance to try. Mine multiplies by underground "feeder roots". Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garden: Beautiful But Invasive Flower Post by kimhis (817) | (06/29/2008) Contact It is a bachelor button! So called because it was like a blue version of the pink carnation in the lapel of the married man. It spreads from seed. Deadhead it and it won't spread. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garden: Beautiful But Invasive Flower Post By Lynda (Guest Post) (06/26/2008) I place my bet on Cornflower, related to Milk Thistle, which really spreads in fields here in Texas. I'd check with Ed Baker's Natural Garden Tonic book for a solution to spray on it so it will die out. Don't be tempted to use anything that might harm the soil or make it unplantable. God bless and help you. : ) Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garden: Beautiful But Invasive Flower Post By MADELINE (Guest Post) (06/26/2008) To me from what I can tell people in the north call this a lady slipper. Here in the south I have heard them called devil toes. I prefer lady slippers. They can become invasive because of the long seed pods that form on them. They bust open and there are literally thousands of tiny seeds. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garden: Beautiful But Invasive Flower Post by shishi (28) | (06/26/2008) Profile | Contact 'Centaura montana' is the Latin name of the perennial species and it is known by several common names, Mountain Bluet, Perennial Bachelor Buttons, and Perennial Cornflower. The annual type is bachelor button or cornflower. I have a plant of the perennial type, planted in a non-irrigated bed, here in Kansas, and it hasn't spread at all. I suspect the level of invasiveness has something to do with climate and/or location within the garden. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garden: Beautiful But Invasive Flower Post By BellaNell (Guest Post) (06/25/2008) It is called the Mountain Blewett and blooms in PA in mid-late May and then sporadically over the rest of the summer. It will pop up in unlikely places but in Pennsylvania, at least, it is easy to control. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garden: Beautiful But Invasive Flower Post By LAVAUN. (Guest Post) (06/25/2008) I know it is NOT a cornflower nor bachelor button. Wish I had a start. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garden: Beautiful But Invasive Flower Post by ThriftyFun (3733) | (06/25/2008) Profile | Blog! | Contact This is what I think it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornflower Also called a Bachelor Button. I have some growing in my yard. They haven't invaded though. It might grow differently in different areas. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garden: Beautiful But Invasive Flower Post By Cathy S (Guest Post) (06/25/2008) It looks like some sort of wild thistle. Although I am Scottish, and the thistle is the national flower of Scotland. varieties of it are considered noxious weeds in several states. What we see as beautiful flowers are actually natures way of attracting bees to pollinate...so thank you for the warning on this one - it is a pretty flower! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garden: Beautiful But Invasive Flower Post By Elaine (Guest Post) (06/25/2008) I am sure it is not a bachelor button. Kind of looks like a sea holly but not sure. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Garden: Beautiful But Invasive Flower Post By (Guest Post) (06/25/2008) What kind is it? A Bachelor Button? Report Spam or Abuse