Agrostemma named Milas Purple Queen #4
by J McCombie
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Agrostemma named Milas Purple Queen #4
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J McCombie
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This piece has been featured in the FAA Group, "Flora".
Agrostemma is the epitome of grace & charm, sways in the slightest breeze & makes elegant cut flowers for early-season production. It self-sows, so you’ll plant one now & get 10 or more next Spring (or 2 months later in USDA zones 9 & 10, where it blooms year around). ‘Milas’ bears 1-2” satiny bright rose (magenta, pinky purple) blossoms with a white throat & subtle radiating black dotted lines. Growing in sprays and producing a hundred or more blooms on slender, upright willowy gray stems, you’ll love this graceful plant. 36” tall & 18” wide. Easy-to-grow plants prefer cool growing conditions.
The Agrostemma genus consists of just two species and is a member of the Caryophyllaceae family. This family contains 42 genera including Carnations (Dianthus), Campions (Silene) and sandworts (Stellaria). Its best-known member is A. githago, the Common Corncockle, which is a native of Europe where it is simply called "the Corncockle". The species is a weed of cereals and other crops, probably with a centre of origin in the eastern Mediterranean. Nowadays declining in its native range because of improved seed cleaning, it is found as a weed worldwide. Though gardeners often use this beautiful plant in cottage and meadow gardens it is considered a weed of wheat fields (The Plant is native to the UK, and the word Corn is used to describe wheat in England, Oats in Scotland, and Maize in the USA).
Agrostemma gracile, the Slender Corncockle, is only found in central Greece near the city of Farsala. Corncockle is an attractive plant, and its seeds are still commercially available to gardeners. Some varieties of the two species of Agrostemma that are often grown in gardens include: Corn cockle (Agrostemma githago), varieties include Common, Milas, Milas Rose Queen, Purple Queen, Contessa Pale Pink, and Ocean pearl. Narrow Corn Cockle (Agrostemma brachyloba).
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September 14th, 2018
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