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Airy Bachelor Buttons

Airy Bachelor Buttons

GOMPHRENA decumbens

Blooms Summer through Fall
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Common Name(s)
Airy Bachelor Buttons, Airy Gomphrena
Sunlight
Full Sun (6+ hrs)
Watering
Let dry
Max Height
2'–4'
Max Spread
Over 24"
Special Features
Ground cover
Garden Design Role
Ground cover
Bloom Season
Summer, Fall
Lifespan
Annual
Growing Habit
Ground cover
Drought Resistance
High drought resistance
Bloom Color
Pink, Purple
Foliage Color
Green
Stem Color
Green, Red/Orange
Themes
Confetti, Sunset
Genus
Gomphrena
Family
Amaranthaceae
Ship Size
4"

Airy Bachelor Buttons earn the name: small papery flower heads in white, pink, and red-purple ride on slender sprawling stems that lean and weave rather than stand at attention. Gomphrena decumbens ships as a live 4-inch plant.

Put it somewhere it can spread out, at the front of a sunny border, along a path edge, threading between grasses in a prairie-style bed, or spilling over the rim of a wide container. It runs on very little water once established, asks only for full sun and drained soil, and keeps flowering from summer into fall while flashier annuals sulk in the heat. Bees and butterflies work the tiny heads all season, and birds take the seed after.

Fun fact: Gomphrena is the globe amaranth genus, famous for papery bracts that hold their color long after the flower is spent — the same crisp texture that makes its upright cousins classic everlastings.

  • Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hrs)
  • Water: Let dry
  • Mature Size: 2'–4' tall × over 24" wide
  • Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
  • Lifespan: Perennial in zones 9–11 — grown as an annual in colder zones
  • Hardiness Zones: 9–11
  • Attracts: Bees & butterflies
  • Special: Ground cover

Healthy arrival guaranteed, or a replacement is on us.

Airy Bachelor Buttons