Centaurea includes annuals, perennials, and subshrubs, characterized by simple or pinnately lobed foliage and prominent flower heads resembling thistles, frequently featuring enlarged outer florets.

Centaurea

Centaurea 'Aloha'

Centaurea 'Amethyst on Ice' is a herbaceous perennial that reaches a height of about 40 cm. It features broad, lance-shaped green foliage and produces flowerheads adorned with white ray florets surrounding purple central discs. This plant blooms from late spring through late summer and is known to attract bees.

Centaurea 'Amethyst on Ice'

Centaurea 'Amethyst'

Centaurea 'Big Purple'

Centaurea 'Blue Carpet'

Centaurea 'Blue Dragon'

Centaurea 'Caramia' is a herbaceous perennial that reaches heights of up to 60 cm. It features broad, lance-shaped green foliage. The plant produces vibrant purple-pink blooms that emerge from substantial, dark, bristly buds, providing a continuous display from early summer through early autumn.

Centaurea 'Caramia'

Centaurea 'Copper Hybrid'

Centaurea 'John Coutts' is a robust herbaceous perennial featuring jagged, lobed foliage that is covered with a white felt-like undersurface. In summer, and frequently extending into early autumn, it produces prominent flower heads that measure around 6 cm in diameter and display a purplish-pink hue.

Centaurea 'John Coutts'

Centaurea 'Jordy' is a herbaceous perennial that can reach heights of up to 60 cm. Its grey-green leaves provide a lush backdrop for the species. From late spring into early summer, this plant produces deep purple-red flowers that resemble thistles, featuring narrow, fringed petals on sturdy, upright stems.

Centaurea 'Jordy'

Centaurea 'Larch Cottage Electric Blue'

Centaurea 'Midget Mixed'

Centaurea 'Phoenix Bronze'

Centaurea 'Silver Feather' is a herbaceous perennial characterized by its dense silvery hairs covering the leaves and stems. This plant develops a bushy clump of finely divided foliage that reaches heights of 30 to 40 cm. It produces flowers from early to late summer, with slender stems that rise above the leaves, supporting buds surrounded by overlapping bracts. These buds eventually open to reveal thistle-like flowers in a pale lilac-pink hue.

Centaurea 'Silver Feather'

Centaurea 'The Bride'

Centaurea 'Totnes Fat Lemon'

Centaurea Phoenix hybrids

Centaurea acaulis

Centaurea achtarovii

Centaurea aegialophila

Centaurea aegophica

Centaurea affinis

Centaurea aggregata

Centaurea akamantis

Centaurea alba

Centaurea alba subsp. latronum

Centaurea albanica

Centaurea albescens

Centaurea albonitens

Centaurea alpina

Centaurea amblensis

Centaurea americana

Centaurea americana 'Aloha Blanca'

Centaurea americana 'Aloha Rosa'

Centaurea argentea

Centaurea aristata subsp. lusitanicum Markgraf

Centaurea aspera

Centaurea aspera subsp. stenophylla

Centaurea athoa

Centaurea attica subsp. megarensis

Centaurea babylonica

Centaurea bagadensis

Centaurea behen

Centaurea bella 'Catherine' (v)

Centaurea bella 'Katherine' (v)

Centaurea benoistii ambig.

Centaurea borjae

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