Agrostemma Species, Common Corn-Cockle, Corncockle

Great plant once established. Young plants are a bit difficult to get going as they indicate water needs in the reverse of most others - ...Read Morethey wilt when too much water and stand up with less water. Overwatering will kill them in nothing flat. Flowers are great in arrangements. Grows well in containers

This plant looked fantastic when I ordered it and when I initially planted. Are you supposed to dead head it?

After abou...Read Moret a week to ten days it died right down to the ground.

What could I have done wrong? Any suggestions?

This plant is native to Europe. In England, where 'corn' generally means wheat, Corn Cockle was a weed in grain fields. Before the advent...Read More of machine harvesting the separation of the poisonous seeds from the wheat was a tedious procedure.

I grew a white cultivar of corn cockles several years ago in my mountaintop garden in the Catskills . I found it easy, although a bit la...Read Morete to flower in my short season garden. It did not self seed. The plants grew about a foot tall, and were pleasant in a meadow-like way.