Flowers of the Cranial "Sentenario", a mixture, 0.2 g

Annual plant. The plant is erect, about 30-80 cm high. It branches from the middle of the stem. Inflorescences, medium, diameter 2.5-4 cm, white, pink, purple, blue, purple and dark blue color. Coloring can be two -tone. Blooms from June to frost. Valuable medicinal plant. In folk medicine, tincture of cornflower flowers is used as a diaphoretic, anti -inflammatory and anti -freezing agent. Known as a honey and dyeing plant. Used in landscaping and cut. Bouquets of cornflowers are elegant and long preserved fresh in the water.

The plant is cold -resistant. It is grown by sowing seeds in the ground early in spring or in the winter. In a permanent place, they are sown in April, after warming up the soil. In summer (early July) crops, large inflorescences can be obtained in early September. The shoots are already on the 7-10 day. Distance 10-12 cm. Sow with nests 3-4 pcs. To bloom abundantly and for a long time, you need to cut off the faded inflorescences and water in hot weather, otherwise they quickly bloom.