Description
Brazilian bachelor’s button (Centratherum intermedium or C. punctatum), also known as Brazilian button flower, deserves so much more attention from gardeners who enjoy growing “something different.” It forms mounded, 12- to 18-inch-tall (sometimes to 2-foot) plants with fluffy, lavender-purple flowers from early or midsummer to frost. As a bonus feature, the medium green leaves smell like pineapple when you rub or brush against them. (You’ll sometimes see this species sold with the name ‘Pineapple Sangria’.) The plants are terrific for a long season of color in beds, borders, and containers, particularly if deadheaded, and they look great in masses too. The flowers attract butterflies and other pollinators. Full sun to light shade; can take dry soil. A tender perennial (Zone 9 and south) but usually grown as an annual, Brazilian bachelor’s button may self-sow.
Collected in August and September 2023. At least 25 seeds. Shipping to US addresses only.
Please read the germination information as well before ordering.
Joyce Bowden (verified owner) –
Ann Patterson (verified owner) –
This is a sweet, easy to grow plant, which tolerates almost any conditions you can throw at it—shade, sun, wet, dry. It blooms late for me, and every September I’m reminded why I like growing it so much.