Centaurea gymnocarpa
“Velvet Centaurea”

You may recognize this plant if you frequent our retail nursery – it’s inhabited a very dry spot in our parking lot, & has been neglected there for many years, but it never seems to look too worse for wear! Ever-grey, & very drought tolerant, it grows 3’ wide (eventually more), & 2-3’ tall, & it blooms for the better part of Spring – great big fluffy 2” purple flowers on long, white stems over elegantly divided leaves. Great for cutting, & great for wildlife, too! Said to be tolerant of dry shade, AND deer proof. WOW.

Claire Woods
Propagator