Detail
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Centaurea gymnocarpa
Velvet Centaurea
Notes

Uses: A highly ornamental but hardy low perennial shrub. Plant singly for contrast as a background plant in wider verges, nature strips and streetscapes or grouped as an informal hedge or barrier.
Attracts butterflies and insects. Prefers well-drained soils.

  • Height 0.5-0.8m
  • Spread 1-1.7m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
    • position-partshade Part Shade
  • Family Asteraceae
  • Botanical Name Centaurea gymnocarpa
  • Common Name Velvet Centaurea
  • Origin Italy
  • Habit Dense, Rounded, Spreading
  • Landscape Coast, Coastal footslopes, Plains, 2nd line coast
  • Soil Texture Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Purple
  • Flowering Time Spring, Summer
  • Flower Type Globular
  • Purpose Ornamental, Habitat
  • Form Low shrub (Up to 1.2m)