If you are a member Login

Joint Shoot Today

Over 40,000 have joined already!

Sign-up in just 60 seconds to browse more pages & to get other member benefits.

One Year Only

£19.99

12 Month full membership

  • Unlimited gardens
  • Unlimited plants & care
  • Unlimited browsing
  • Unlimited plant suppliers
  • Unlimited garden designs
Choose Plan

Ongoing

£18.99*

Recurring full membership

  • Unlimited gardens
  • Unlimited plants & care
  • Unlimited browsing
  • Unlimited plant suppliers
  • Unlimited garden designs
Choose Plan

* Plus £12 a year thereafter

Basic

FREE

No obligration trial

  • 1 garden
  • Up to 10 plants & care
  • Increased browsing
  • No plant suppliers
  • Trial garden designs
Choose plan

Click here for business membership options



Jasione montana (Sheep's bit)

Click the tabs to read more

Skill rating Beginner
skill rating
Ultimate spread 0.3m
max. spread
Ultimate height 0.4m
max. height
Time to maturity 2-5 years
to maturity
Maintenance level 1 hour care
per year

Botanical name: Jasione montana

Other names: Sheep's bit, Sheep's bit scabious


Sign up for your FREE ACCOUNT today or login to add this plant to your plants list


Genus: Jasione

Species: J. montana - J. montana is a clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with a basal rosette of narrow oblong leaves. From summer to early autumn, it bears spherical heads of tiny blue flowers on tall stems and its petals are very narrow giving a fluffy appearance.

Jasione montana is: Deciduous

Flower: Blue in Summer; Blue in Autumn

Foliage: Green in Summer; Green in Autumn

Habit: Clump-forming, Upright

Worried you won't remember?

Get personalised monthly care reminders with care how-tos specific to this plant.


Watch out for

Specific pests: Slugs , Snails

Diseases: Generally disease free.

General care

Pruning: Dead head regularly. Cut back after flowering.. REGISTER to read more...

Propagation methods: Division, Seed. REGISTER to read more...


Sign up for your FREE ACCOUNT today or login to receive detailed monthly care instructions

Jasione montana (Sheep's bit) will reach a height of 0.4m and a spread of 0.3m after 2-5 years.


Sign up for your FREE ACCOUNT today or login to match this plant to your garden


Suggested uses: Banks and Slopes, Beds and borders, City, Coastal, Cottage/Informal, Flower Arranging, Gravel, Low Maintenance, Naturalised in turf, Rock, Wildflower, Wildlife

Cultivation: Plant in free-draining, lime-free soil in a sunny position.

Suitable for your garden?
In progress indicator
This plant likes... Garden match
Soil types: Clay, Loamy, Sandy Match unknown
Soil drainage: Well-drained Match unknown
Soil pH: Acid, Neutral Match unknown
Light: Full Sun Match unknown
Aspect: South Match unknown
Exposure: Exposed, Sheltered Match unknown
Hardiness: Hardy (H4) Match unknown

Discuss Jasione montana (Sheep's bit) with other Shoot members.


Sign up for your FREE ACCOUNT today or login to add a comment or question about this plant


We list 5 suppliers who tell us they sell Jasione montana (Sheep's bit). In order to see the list you'll need to either register or log in as a full member.


Sign up for a FULL ACCOUNT today or login as a full member.


If you sell this plant and would like to add a link, please fill in this form.

 

What Shoot members say...

"Shoot really is very good. It knocks the socks off of anything else I've seen!"

Helen Allison, Garden Designer

Sign up today

Report content or feedback to Shoot
Close panel

Add ? to your lists

To add this plant to your lists login to your account or register for a new account.

Registration is free and straightforward.

Find out more about plant lists here.


Our awards:
Follow us: