Bachelor's Button - A Little History and Some Growing Instructions Bachelor's Buttons, also known as Cornflowers, are the bluest of all the flowers in the garden and blue is the rarest of the colors offered in nature. The plants are native to Europe and Asia. Tutankhamen, the Egyptian boy king, was buried with a wreath around his head of cornflowers, olive leaves and water lily petals. Centuries ago they were so abundant in Europe that entire fields were covered with the flowers. The Latin name, Centaurea Cyanus, refers to the mythical centaur, Chiron. Legend has it that Chiron, the half man-half horse creature, used cornflowers to heal himself after he was wounded by a poisoned arrow in a battle with the mythical Hydra. Throughout the centuries, the
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