Is Bachelor's Buttons deer resistant?
Centaurea cyanus
Plant typeAnnualHardinessGrown as an annual, any zoneLightFull sunMature height12–36 inBloomSummer
MaintenanceLow, mostly leave it alone
About Bachelor's Buttons
About the truest blue available from a hardy annual. Sow direct in autumn or very early spring, because it dislikes transplanting and hates heat.
Soil and care
- Soil pH
- 6 to 7.5
- Drainage
- Average garden soil
- Water
- Low
- Spacing
- 8 to 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Low
Similar to Bachelor's Buttons
Other annuals with the same deer rating.
- Annual CandytuftIberis umbellataGrown as an annual, any zoneSeldom damaged
- Annual SalviaSalvia splendensGrown as an annual, any zoneSeldom damaged
- Annual VerbenaVerbena x hybridaGrown as an annual, any zoneSeldom damaged
- BasilOcimum basilicumGrown as an annual, any zoneSeldom damaged
- BorageBorago officinalisGrown as an annual, any zoneSeldom damaged
- California PoppyEschscholzia californicaGrown as an annual, any zoneSeldom damaged
Where Bachelor's Buttons grows
Hardy across most of these 51 states on zone range alone. Mountain and coastal areas sit outside the ranges used here, so check your own zone before ordering.
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- New York
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- Virginia
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Wisconsin
- Ohio
- Indiana
- Illinois
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Georgia
- Texas
- Colorado
- California
- Oregon
- Washington
- New Hampshire
- Vermont
- Maine
- Rhode Island
- Delaware
- West Virginia
- Kentucky
- South Carolina
- Florida
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Arkansas
- Oklahoma
- Kansas
- Nebraska
- Iowa
- North Dakota
- South Dakota
- Montana
- Wyoming
- Idaho
- Utah
- Nevada
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- Alaska
- District of Columbia
- Hawaii
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Hardy in these zones
Common questions about Bachelor's Buttons
- Is Bachelor's Buttons deer resistant?
- Bachelor's Buttons (Centaurea cyanus) is rated Seldom Severely Damaged on the Rutgers NJAES four-tier scale. Light browsing at worst; rarely ruined.
- What hardiness zones does Bachelor's Buttons grow in?
- Bachelor's Buttons is hardy in USDA zones 2 to 11. Outside that range it will either not survive winter or will struggle with summer heat.
- Does Bachelor's Buttons grow in shade?
- No. Bachelor's Buttons wants full sun and will grow thin and flop in shade.
- How big does Bachelor's Buttons get?
- Mature height is roughly 12–36 in. Growth rate is fast.