Scabiosa atropurpurea 'Ebony and Ivory' (Scabiosa 'Ebony and Ivory')
'Ebony and Ivory' is a commercial seed mix of clump-forming, branching biennials or short-lived perennials, typically marketed as annuals, with oblong to spoon-shaped, toothed, mid-green leaves and upright, wiry stems bearing lightly fragrant, double, white and maroon flowers in summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Scabiosa columbaria 'Pink Mist' (Small scabious 'Pink Mist')
Other names: Scabiosa 'Butterfly Pink', Scabiosa 'Pink Mist'
'Pink Mist' is an upright, branched perennial with linear or lobed grey-green leaves and pink flowers with paler centres in summer and early autumn.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Centaurea scabiosa (Greater knapweed)
Other names: Black top
C. scabiosa has an upright habit with red-purple flowers heads and enlarged outer florets.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Scabiosa japonica (Pincushion flower)
Other names: Japanese pincushion flower
S. japonica is a compact, mound-forming, biennial or short-lived perennial with finely-divided, grey-green leaves and upright, wiry stems bearing violet flower heads from summer into autumn.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Scabiosa 'Barocca' (Pincushion flower 'Barocca')
Other names: Sweet scabious 'Barocca'
'Barocca' is an erect, branching, biennial or short-lived perennial with oblong to spoon-shaped, lobed, bright green leaves and, from midsummer into autumn, sturdy, upright stems bearing solitary, purple-black flowers with prominent white pistils and margins.
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0.8m max. spread |
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0.8m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Scabiosa lucida (Pincushion Lucida)
S. lucida is a dwarf, clump-forming perennial with fine cut, grey-green basal leaves. It has pincushion flowers that are pale lilac, standing on erect stems from spring until frost.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.2m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Scabiosa atropurpurea (Pincushion flower)
Other names: Sweet scabious, Egyptian rose, Grandmother's pincushion, Mournful widow, Mourning bride, Widow's flower, Pincushions
S. atropurpurea is an erect, branching annual or short-lived perennial with oblong to spoon-shaped, toothed, mid-green leaves and fragrant, dark purple to lilac flower heads in summer.
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0.25m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Scabiosa columbaria (Small scabious)
Other names: Lilac-flowered scabious , Scabiosa banatica
S. columbaria is an upright perennial with lobed leaves, and palepurple-blue flowes in summer and early autumn.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Scabiosa hymettia (Mourning-bride)
Other names: Mourning bride, Lomelosia hymettia
S. hymettia is a compact, mound-forming, herbaceous perennial with grey-green leaved divided into three to five, oblong to lance-shaped leaflets and upright, wiry stems bearing violet-blue flowerheads in summer.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.25m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Scabiosa drakensbergensis (Drakensberg scabious)
S. drakensbergensis is a robust, rosette-forming, evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial with lance-shaped, hairy, toothed or scalloped, grey-green leaves and tall, leafy, branched stems bearing white flower heads from midsummer into autumn.
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0.6m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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