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Scabious
Botanical name: Scabiosa and Knautia
With a succession of summer flowers – sometimes into autumn – scabious are great additions to borders. They can be perennials, surviving for several years, or annual or biennials, dying after flowering. Good for cutting, the flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies.
Scabious we recommend
Scabiosa caucasica 'Miss Willmott'
Caucasian scabious 'Miss Willmott'
- 0.5–1 metres
- 0.1–0.5 metres
Scabiosa caucasica 'Clive Greaves'
Caucasian scabious 'Clive Greaves'
- 0.5–1 metres
- 0.1–0.5 metres
Scabiosa caucasica 'Miss Willmott'
Caucasian scabious 'Miss Willmott'
- 0.5–1 metres
- 0.1–0.5 metres
Scabiosa caucasica 'Clive Greaves'
Caucasian scabious 'Clive Greaves'
- 0.5–1 metres
- 0.1–0.5 metres
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Pollinators: decline in numbers
Wildflower meadow: establishment
Wildflower meadow: maintenance
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