It is perfect for use at the front of a border. The foliage grows to 6 inches and the colourful fragrant flowers rise another 6 inches. It comes in single colours or combinations of pink, salmon, red and white. It prefers well drained alkaline soil, and shearing back flowers after the initial bloom period will renew flowering. Centaurea - The flowers are blue, pink, white, yellow or bicoloured, depending on variety.
Blossoms occur in early summer and occasionally continue until fall.
It requires average to dry soil and forms wide clumps that usually require annual division. Sow seeds a year in advance. It blooms in October and likes ordinary soil. Sow seeds directly in spring or plant cuttings from someone else's garden. Chrysanthemum - There are about 100 species and thousands of hybrids and varieties to choose from.