Scabiosa

(Scabiosa atropupurea) Among the most dramatic, long-lasting and early-blooming flowers we grow as well as the most intense deep and very dark maroon/black blooms highlighted with speckles of whitish-pink on their long stamens. They have a mildly sweet smell and keep on blooming from late spring through early fall provided...

(Scabiosa caucasia) If you live somewhere where winters do not generally fall below 0F and you can spare a well-drained little bit of earth, you would do well to grow these! First-year plants will initially create a cluster of lance-shaped grey/green leaves before, at long last, sending up wiry, resilient...

(Scabiosa atropurpurea) Unlike its namesake or perhaps in the right conditions just like its namesake, this Fata Morgana is no mirage. It shapeshifts and changes true, from seed to small plant, bud to blossom, creamy white to blushed salmon. It holds power yes, like Morgan in Arthurian stories of old,...

(Cephalaria gigantea) Native to moist meadows and mountain pastures from the Caucasus to Siberia, this scabiosa relative is a botanical marvel. Towering plants (over 8’!) with long wiry stems and pale yellow/chartreuse pincushion type blooms sway in the breeze and attract bumblebees in droves. Beautiful unique color as a cut...

(Scabiosa atropurpurea) If it’s a little peace and quiet you’re after, look no farther then Salmon Queen. Not only will you be surrounded by the contented buzzing of well-fed pollinators, but you’ll delight in the sweet smelling, graceful swaying, and mind easing sight of downy pink-salmon flowers. Such long stems...

(Scabiosa atropurpurea) A new color addition to one of our favorite flowers in the garden, ‘Snowmaiden’ boasts bright, pure white pincushion blooms atop long wiry stems. A lacy tangle of stems and blooms to gracefully fill a corner of the garden as well as a profusion of cutting stems to...

(Scabiosa stellata) AKA Paper Moons, Star Flowers. The flower of this Scabiosa species is a subtle beauty, a loose-ish affair of soft dusty blue outer petals with a cream flecked with pink ‘pincushion’ center. Then things take a turn for the wondrous. When the flowers yield to seedheads, the meaning...