Centaurea cyanus

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Centaurea cyanus

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RHS Number and Name Designation (if any): 46174 - accepted name
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Articles and Publications linked to this species

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Centaurea cyanus linked to 2 articles
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On a Chalk Hillside – July 2025
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HPS Member Ann-Marie Powell wins an RHS Award for designing the Octavia Hill Garden

Articles and Publications linked to this genus

Searching for articles and blog posts for the genus Centaurea
2 linked publications

More colour, less work – perfect plants for ‘hands-off’ gardening by Gillian Taylor
Publication: The Hardy Plant
Edition: Vol. 45 No 2 Autumn 2024

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Root Causes by Noel Kingsbury
Publication: The Hardy Plant
Edition: Vol. 45 No 2 Autumn 2024

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Gardening for Wildlife
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On a Chalk Hillside – August 2025
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On a Chalk Hillside – July 2025
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HPS Member Ann-Marie Powell wins an RHS Award for designing the Octavia Hill Garden

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Centaurea cyanus

P06518
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Centaurea cyanus

S00444
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Centaurea cyanus

M01235

Plants in the genus : Centaurea

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Rhaponticum centaureoides

P12332
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Papaver (Oriental Group) ‘Beauty Queen’ && Centaurea montana

P00261
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Centaurea woronowii

M01258
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Centaurea thracica

P05780
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Centaurea simplicicaulis

M01256
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Centaurea scoparia

M07451
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Centaurea scabiosa f. albiflora

M08731
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Centaurea scabiosa

S00449
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Centaurea scabiosa

M06816
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Centaurea salonitana

S00448
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Centaurea salonitana

M01255
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Centaurea ruthenica

P05779
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Centaurea pulcherrima

P05777
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Centaurea pulcherrima

S00447
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Centaurea pulcherrima

M01254
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Centaurea polypodifolia

M01253
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Centaurea pink flowers

M01257
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Centaurea phrygia

P05776
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Centaurea phrygia

S00450
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Centaurea phrygia

M01252
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Centaurea paniculata  

M06614
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Centaurea orientalis

P02420
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Centaurea orientalis

M01251
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Centaurea nigra

P09978

Plants in the family : Asteraceae

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Dahlia ‘Tally Ho’ (Sin)

P00919
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Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’

P06221
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Leucanthemum × superbum [Broadway Lights] (‘Leumayel’)

P05846
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Erigeron uniflorus

P07333
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Erigeron ex ‘Foersters Liebling’

M02104
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Leucanthemum × superbum ‘Sonnenschein’

P00221
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Rudbeckia subtomentosa

P01324
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Dahlia ‘Honka’ (SinO)

P06044
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Aster amellus ‘Nocturne’

P08406
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Symphyotrichum novae-angliae white flowers

M05327
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Leucanthemum × superbum ‘Snowdrift’

P10425
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Leontodon rigens ex B&SWJ 12527

M03413
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Achillea ex ‘Terracotta’

M00062
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Cosmos bipinnatus

M01557
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Symphyotrichum ericoides ‘White Heather’

P05674
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Bellis perennis

P02410
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Eurybia divaricata

P09590
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Symphyotrichum novi-belgii ‘Carnival’

P04150
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Liatris spicata ‘Kobold’

P07494
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Delairea odorata

M07039
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Leucanthemum × superbum ‘Silberprinzesschen’

P07493
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Centaurea ‘Silver Feather’

P07000
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Olearia lacunosa

P11995
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Symphyotrichum ericoides var. prostratum

M08917