Corn Cockle

A beautiful, magenta-purple annual wildflower, o

A beautiful, magenta-purple annual wildflower, once a common sight in cornfields. This summer-flowering corn cockle is perfect for naturalising in a sunny wildflower or cottage garden. Performing best in poor, well-drained soil, the flowers are highly attractive to bees.Position: full sunSoil: well-drained, preferably poor soilRate of growth: average Flowering period: June to August Flower colour: magenta-purpleOther features: lance-shaped, grey-green leavesHardiness: fully hardyGarden care: When sowing seeds do not use a fertiliser since wildflowers prefer poor soils. Deadhead regularly to prolong flowering. In autumn cut the faded flowerheads down to the ground and compost the dead stemsGoes well with: Knautia arvensis, Cardamine pratensis, Lonicera pericymenum, Briza media, Papaver rhoeas, Leucanthemum vulgare

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