An attractive first year flowering perennial, producing bushy plants with clusters of wiry stems clothed in unusual rich burgundy flowers with contrasting paler outer petals and white stamens. Ideal for attracting butterflies to your borders or containers. Height: 50-60cm (20-24in)
A delightful blend of gorgeous pink shades with a hint of white. Masses of attractive pin cushion heads wave delicately in the summer breeze, attracting butterflies to your borders. Height: 60-90cm (24-36in)
Liven up your borders this summer with this dramatic duo. The delicately fragrant, pin-cushion heads appear in jet-black and ice-white, making the perfect partnership. Ideal for cottage garden borders and extremely easy to grow. Prefers a light, well-drained soil in full sun
Fully double, pin cushion flower heads which are as near to black as can be. Gently fragrant, they make good cut flowers and will no doubt cause interest in this haunting colour. Easy to grow and an excellent filler for the border
An easy to grow annual, producing tall stems covered in masses of stunning, mid-blue, pin cushion flowers. A classic cottage garden plant, ideal for cutting and loved by bees and butterflies. Beautiful plants for the cottage border
Fragrant, fully double and relatively compact. These are lovely 'cushionflowers in maroon, carmine, scarlet, pink, rose and white. Ideal in groups for border or as cut flowers when they last well in water
A truly elegant border perennial with blooms in blue, mauve and white on long slender stems which are much in demand for cut flowers. Flowers summer. Height 30in
The purple-blue pincushion flowers of Field Scabious add a splash of colour wild flower meadows. Their pretty summer blooms rise upon slender, swaying stems.
A classic bee and butterfly magnet, the nectar-rich blooms provide a continuous show throughout summer and well into autumn. The beautiful pale mauve pincushion flowers for Knautia arvensis (Field Scabious) are held on slender, tall upright stems, providing a relaxed, air effect in borders and wildflower meadows alike.
These delicate looking yet totally tough Scabious plants are perfect for any cottage garden border or patio container. You'll get wave after wave of exquisitely beautiful blue pincushion blooms from June to September every year, held on tall elegant stems. As with all herbaceous perennials they die back to ground level in late autumn only to return gloriously the following spring year after year. Admire them in your garden and pick posy after posy for your home as your plants come back bigger and better every year! Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready for immediate planting. Will reach approx 50cm x 50cm.
Scabious 'Butterfly Blue' is great in wildlife gardens because, as its name suggests, it attracts scores of butterflies and bees between July and October. These pollinators flock to the hardy perennial's lavender-blue blooms, which protrude on dainty stems above grey-green, lance shaped foliage. Scabiosa atropurpurea, which is sometimes called Pinchushion Flower or Sweet Scabious, grows best in sunny, cottage garden borders, but also makes an interesting cut flower. Height: 40cm (1'4). Spread: 40cm (1'4).