Stemmacantha centaureoides
Stemmacantha centaureoides is a dramatic perennial silver-green, cardoon-like foliage and thistle-like lavender-pink flowers from shiny light brown bracts.
Stemmacantha centaureoides (syn. Centaurea ‘Pulchra Major’) is a dramatic perennial with large, dissected, silver-green foliage resembling cardoons and artichokes (Cynara) with stems to 3 feet tall topped with rounded buds covered in hard, light brown, shiny bracts opening out the top with fuzzy, lavender-pink flowers resembling a thistle. Popular with bees.
Common Name: Giant Centaurea, Hardhead
Family: Asteraceae (The Aster/Daisy Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-8
Light: Full Sun Part Sun
Height: 2-4'
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Purple
Secondary Bloom Colour: Pink
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Summer
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry
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Fragrance: No
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Benefits: Bees Butterflies
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
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