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Scabious

Scabiosa columbaria

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Scabious (Scabiosa columbaria)

Photo: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Bloom colours

powder blue, lilac

What actually matters with this one

Deadhead relentlessly and it flowers for five straight months. Let it seed and it stops in July.

How to grow it

Light
full sun
Water
Keep it dry
Hardiness
Zones 4-9
Height
60 cm
Flowers
June to October
Difficulty
easy

Where you will meet it

Plant it alongside

Relatives and plants that want the same conditions.