Centaurea cyanus ex ‘Red Ball’

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Centaurea cyanus ex 'Red Ball'

Archive Seeds (HPS Number M08216)

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RHS Number and Name Designation (if any): 4775 - accepted name
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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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4 linked articles
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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 ex ‘Red Ball’

M08216

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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https://www.hardy-plant.org.uk/image/catalog/library/seeds/S00449.jpg

Centaurea scabiosa

S00449
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Centaurea scabiosa

Order Ref: 337
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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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https://www.hardy-plant.org.uk/image/catalog/library/seeds/S00450.jpg

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 merckii

P01661
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Leontodon rigens

S01111
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Celmisia semicordata

P04641
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Senecio polyodon

S01642
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Symphyotrichum novi-belgii ‘Royal Ruby’

P09706
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Prenanthes purpurea

M04565
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Helenium autumnale ex Helena Series

M02735
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Aster oreophilus

P05314
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Taraxacum pseudoroseum

M05362
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Helianthus × multiflorus ‘Meteor’

P08317
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Echinacea pallida && Echinacea paradoxa

P12750
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Helianthus maximiliani

M02764
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Achillea ‘Coronation Gold’

P09699
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Catananche caerulea ‘Bicolor’

P11341
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Achillea ‘Pretty Belinda’

P06648
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Calendula officinalis ex ‘Geisha Girl’

M01042
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Tanacetum coccineum ex Robinson’s red-flowered

M05353
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Antennaria parvifolia

M00496
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Rudbeckia subtomentosa

M08074
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Leucanthemella serotina

P01123
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Leucanthemum × superbum ‘Aglaia’ (d)

P05844
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Celmisia mackaui

M08652
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Symphyotrichum novi-belgii ‘Chatterbox’

P09444
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Cosmos sulphureus dark orange flowers

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