A blue cornflower was used by Corning Glass Works for the initial release of Corning Ware Pyroceram cookware. Its popularity in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia was so high … · Cornflower (bachelor's button) is a popular feature in many gardens because of its vivid, brilliant blue flowers. Here's how to plant and grow them. Cornflower, herbaceous annual plant of the aster family (Asteraceae). Native to Europe, cornflowers are widely cultivated in North America and have naturalized as invasive species in some places outside … · Cornflower (Centaura cyranus) is an easy-to-grow annual at home in a cottage or cutting garden or even a kitchen garden due to its edible flowers.