Catananche comprises annuals or short-lived perennials characterized by slender leaves and single flower heads adorned with silvery bracts and long, strap-like florets. These plants are suitable for drying.

Catananche

Catananche caerulea is a herbaceous perennial that typically reaches heights of 50 to 90 cm. It features upright, grass-like foliage and produces branched clusters of daisy-like flowers, measuring 3 to 5 cm across, with dark centers and violet-blue petals from mid-summer through autumn. The seedheads, which develop after flowering, have a papery texture and add visual interest to the plant.

Catananche caerulea

This perennial forms clumps of narrow, strap-like foliage and produces white blooms measuring up to 4 cm in diameter during the summer and autumn months.

Catananche caerulea 'Alba'

Catananche caerulea 'Amor Blue' is a herbaceous perennial that reaches approximately 60 cm in height, creating dense clumps of slender, grass-like foliage that can grow up to 30 cm long. From summer through early autumn, thin stems produce individual blue flowerheads, each featuring darker blue-purple centers and encircled by delicate, silver bracts.

Catananche caerulea 'Amor Blue'

Catananche caerulea 'Amor White' is a perennial plant characterized by its narrow, greyish-green foliage. During the summer and autumn months, it produces white flowerheads, each measuring up to 4 cm in diameter, situated atop delicate stems. The flowerheads feature deep purple-blue centers, encircled by silvery, papery bracts.

Catananche caerulea 'Amor White'

Catananche caerulea 'Bicolor'

Catananche caerulea 'Blue Giant'

Catananche caerulea 'Major' is a herbaceous perennial that can grow up to 60 cm tall. It features upright, grass-like foliage and produces branching clusters of lavender-blue daisies with dark centers, each measuring around 5 cm across.