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Mountain Bluet

Centaurea Montana

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Overview

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea montana) is a charming perennial, thriving in USDA zones 3-8. Prized for its vivid blue flowers, it blooms from late spring to early summer, creating a striking contrast with gray-green, lance-shaped foliage. Reaching a mature size of 12-18 inches tall and wide, this low-maintenance plant attracts pollinators, preferring full sun to partial shade and well-drained soil. Ideal for borders and cottage gardens.

Sun FullWater MediumZones 3–8Type Perennial

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — Known for its unique flower heads; the foliage itself is lance-shaped

Culture

Sun: Full
Water: Medium
USDA zones: 3–8

Shape & size

Mature height: 1–2 Ft.

Classification

Type: Perennial
Family: Asteraceae

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Photos (151)

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — it blooms from late spring to early summer; they display a clumping habit which makes them an excellent choice, image 63

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — creating a striking contrast with gray-green; deadheading the spent flowers can encourage a second bloom, image 64

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — Prized for its vivid blue flowers

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — with a preference for well-draining soil; however

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — Deadheading the spent flowers can encourage a second bloom

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — often with a reddish-purple center that creates a beautiful contrast against its silvery-green foliage; blue, image 103

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — They display a clumping habit which makes them an excellent choice for borders; it blooms from late spring to early summer

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — but with potentially reduced vigor.<br><br>When incorporating Mountain Bluet into your landscape design; ideal, image 83

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — or as part of a cottage garden palette; prized for infusing a touch of wildflower charm to cultivated gardens, image 79

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — Deadheading the spent flowers can encourage a second bloom; they are quite adaptable and can tolerate a, image 115

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — presents as a stunning perennial; perennial for full, image 99

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — Reaching a mature size of 12-18 inches tall and wide; prized for its vivid blue flowers

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — with a preference for well-draining soil; however; consider its bloom period which extends from late spring to, image 111

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — prized for infusing a touch of wildflower charm to cultivated gardens

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — Known for its unique flower heads

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — Reaching a mature size of 12-18 inches tall and wide; prized for its vivid blue flowers, image 95

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — this low-maintenance plant attracts pollinators

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — perennial for full

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — it blooms from late spring to early summer; they display a clumping habit which makes them an excellent choice for borders

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — consider its bloom period which extends from late spring to early summer; contributing a textured backdrop, image 84

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — plan for sufficient spacing of approximately 1.5 to 2 feet apart to permit adequate airflow and growth; this, image 87

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — flourishing best in USDA hardiness zones 3 through 8; due to its moderate mature size

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — they are quite adaptable and can tolerate a certain degree of soil variability

Mountain Bluet (Centaurea Montana) — preferring full sun to partial shade and well-drained soil; mountain Bluets reach a modest height of about 1, image 127

Photographs by 15 contributors

Anaj7, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Boris Gaberšček, CC BY 2.5 si · source
Chris Combe from York, UK, CC BY 2.0 · source
Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Dwight Sipler from Stow, MA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · source
Bernt Fransson, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY 3.0 · source
Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5 si · source
Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Philipp Weigell, CC BY 3.0 · source
Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

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