What is this?

CluelessCarrot · « **on:** June 05, 2009, 18:06 »

Hello
I was wondering if one of you lovely people could identify this plant for me please?
Emma

birmancats · « **Reply #1 on:** June 05, 2009, 18:11 »

It's a sort of perennial corn flower I think. Spreads around like you wouldn't believe. It's still popping up 11 years after I first put the whole lot into the wheelie bin.

CluelessCarrot · « **Reply #2 on:** June 05, 2009, 18:18 »

Thanks for the reply.

We have some growing down the road, and I've become quite taken with those unusual flowers. Would love to find out it's name. It was on Beechgrove garden this week (if you watched it, it was the part where they were sorting out the garden behind the block of flats). She said it was called something that sounded like century or something, I couldn't quite catch what she said.

mumofstig · « **Reply #3 on:** June 05, 2009, 19:45 »

here it is..proper name Centaurea Montana...

http://jlcheype.free.fr/images/Fleurs/Centaurea_montana.jpg

joyfull · « **Reply #4 on:** June 05, 2009, 20:20 »

I think it's very pretty

HLS · « **Reply #5 on:** June 08, 2009, 15:52 »

Also known as knapweed. It's self-seeded itself into my garden, but I like it so I don't mind. I try to take the flower heads off when they start getting tatty, which tidies them up and stops them springing up everywhere, and just pull it up if it appears where I don't want it. Seems to be happy in sun or shade.

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