Planting Scabiosa: location, sowing & Co.Catchfly-leaved scabiosa (Scabiosa silenifolia).Caucasian scabiosa (Scabiosa caucasica).Japanese mountain scabiosa (Scabiosa japonica var.Pincushion flower (Scabiosa atropurpurea).The most beautiful varieties and species.Scabiosa: flowering, origin and characteristics.Flower plants are $4.00 each for a 4 packĪgeratum – Beautiful pom-pom blue purple flowers, 1′ high bushy plants, fluffy flowers will continue all summer.Īlyssum – Low spreading annual with heads of tiny white flowers.Ĭalendula – Bushy annual, blooms all season in glorious shades of orange.Ĭolumbine – Hardy perennial with beautiful trumpet shaped flowers in a variey of colours.Ĭornflower – Also called Bachelor Button, a mix of blue, violet, pink & burgundy blooms, great for cut flowers.Ĭosmos – Showy annual with blooms in shades of pink & violet & feathery leaves, good cut flower.ĭianthus – Maiden Pinks, small, abundant, bright pink flowers on a mat forming hardy perennial. Gaillardia – Beautiful tri-coloured yellow, red & orange daisy like flowers. Hollyhock Mix – Beautiful pastel blooms on tall spikes, single flowers in white, pink, rose and lavender. Johnny Jump Ups – Heartease, native to Spain, miniature pansy, edible flower, true classic. Love-Lies-Bleeding – Annual growing up to 4′ tall with beautiful deep red long drooping cords. Marigold – French Brocade beautiful tri-coloured flowers in gold, maroon, orange-red. Marigold – Gem Mix delicate lacy foliage with bright orange & yellow tiny flowers. Nemesia –Profusion of brilliant, two lipped, tubular, spurred flowers in red, pink, yellow, orange, cream and white Nasturtiums –Jewel mix, trailing plant, yellow, orange, maroon, some bi- coloured flowers. Nigella – Pastel mix of beautiful flowers and ornamental seed pods attractive in arrangements. Phacelia – Loved by bees, this annual has downy, toothed leaves and five petalled purple flowers. Poppy – Mix of purple and red single flowers with black centers, reseeds itself every year. Rose Campion – Clump-forming perennial has many branched gray stems with numerous rose flowers. Salpaglossis – Beautiful, prolific flower related to petunias with a mix of many colours and shades. Scabiosa – Sometimes called ‘Pincushion Flower’ for many tiny flowers that make up a single head. Schizanthus – Known as Angel’s Wings and Poor Man’s Orchid, 18 inch tall fern-like plant, flowers with whit and yellow backgrounds overlain with red, rose, pink and violet patterns.

Snapdragon – Traditional garden favorite, with deepest rose, coral, red and yellow, bi-coloured. Sunflowers –Titan, large flowering variety growing to 10 feet tall. Sunflowers – Mix – 6″ flowers different shades in yellows, reds, oranges some bi-coloured. Sweet William – Fragrant, single-petaled blooms of white, pink, rose, red, violet, bicolored. Tithonia – Mexican Sunflower, tall bushy annual with bright orange daisy-like blossoms, related to sunflowers. Texas Hummingbird Sage – Beautiful scarlet flowers attractive to hummingirds and bees. Verbena Mix – Shades of red, pink, white and lavender, multi-petaled blooms, attracts butterflies.

Wallflower Mix – Long lasting hardy plant with very old fashioned fragrant flowers in red, yellow and orange. Zinnia – Country Fair, mix of pink, purple, gold, orange and cream blooms. Zinnia – Persian Carpet, mix of small single, solid and multi coloured flowers. Zinnia – Queen Series, mix of single and double flowers in lime, orange lime & red lime.Grown for the attractive flowers that appear in masses from summer through to autumn, Scabiosa are an easy care garden plant for tough conditions. Also known as the ‘Pin cushion Flower’ give them a little space in the garden and they will reward you with a long flowering, easy care plant. These are a perennial plant that grow well in a range of climates and over time will form a clump to around 30cm by 30cm. Scabiosa are frost tolerant, come in a broad range of colours from white to red and near black, and can make a good cut flower.

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