Scabiosa Columbaria

HAT COLOUR: Mauve

SPECIAL QUALITIES: A really good performer with lovely flowers and a long flowering season on a trouble free plant. A good cut flower.

FLOWERS: The typical Scabiosa pincushion flowers are a clear mauve and appear from mid spring to mid autumn

PLANTS NEEDED PER SQUARE METRE: 6-7

HABIT: A perennial, quick spreading plant with dense attractive leaves and mauve flowers

POSITION & USES: Grows best in a sunny position in a wide range of soil types. The dense foliage makes this plant a good weed suppressing ground cover. It is ideal along a path or interspersed with other low growing perennials.

CULTIVATION: Easy to grow in average, well drained garden soil. The addition of lime to acid soil is beneficial. Cut the plant back to half its height in early autumn.

FERTILISING: Regular applications of Seasol and Power Feed will keep it looking its best.

 w:45cm h:45cm

LATIN/ BOTANICAL NAME: Scabiosa columbaria 'Mauve'