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 atropurpurea 'Beaujolais Bonnets' (Pincushion flower 'Beaujolais Bonnets')
Other names: Sweet scabious 'Beaujolais Bonnets'
'Beaujolais Bonnets' is a compact, clump-forming, branching biennial or short-lived perennial with oblong to spoon-shaped, toothed, mid-green leaves and, in summer, solitary, fragrant, burgundy flowers with pink outer petals and prominent white stamens.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Nicotiana alata 'Grandiflora' (Sweet-scented tobacco plant)
Other names: Tuberose-flowered tobacco plant, Nicotiana alata grandiflora
'Grandiflora' is a tender, short-lived, rosette-forming perennial, typically grown as an annual with ovate, dark green leaves and strongly fragrant, trumpet-shaped, creamy-white flowers from summer into autumn.
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0.3m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Scabiosa atropurpurea 'Chat Noir' (Pincushion flower 'Chat Noir')
Other names: Sweet scabious 'Chat Noir', Scabiosa atropurpurea 'Black Cat'
'Chat Noir' is an erect, branching, biennial or short-lived perennial with oblong to spoon-shaped, mid-green leaves and, in summer, solitary, fragrant, white-tipped reddish-black flowers developing conspicuous violet stamens.
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0.75m max. spread |
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0.75m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Volutaria muricata (Morocco knapweed)
Other names: Centaurea muricata, Amberboa muricata, Cyanopsis muricata, Volutarella muricata, Sweet sultan
V. muricata is an erect, braching annual with oblong to lance-shaped, hairy, grey-green leaves and thistle-like, purple-pink flowers from midsummer into autumn.
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0.25m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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1 year to maturity |
Erigeron annuus (Tall fleabane)
Other names: Daisy fleabane, Lace button, Sweet scabious, Tall daisy, Annual fleabane, Summer starwort, Eastern daisy fleabane
E. annuus is an upright annual or biennial with branching, hairy stems bearing ovate to lance-shaped, deeply and often sparsely toothed, hairy, mid-green leaves and, from early summer to autumn, small clusters of flowers with numerous, narrowly linear, white ray florets surrounding yellow central discs.
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0.6m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Scabiosa atropurpurea 'Black Knight' (Pincushion flower 'Black Knight')
Other names: Sweet scabious 'Black Knight', Egyptian rose 'Black Knight', Widow's flower 'Black Knight'
'Black Knight' is a clump-forming, branching biennial or short-lived perennial, typically marketed as an annual, with oblong to spoon-shaped, toothed, mid-green leaves and upright, wiry stems bearing lightly fragrant, double, deep maroon flowers throughout 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 atropurpurea 'Oxford Blue' (Pincushion flower 'Oxford Blue')
Other names: Mourning bride 'Oxford Blue', Mournful widow 'Oxford Blue', Sweet Scabious 'Oxford Blue'
'Oxford Blue' is an erect, branching, biennial or short-lived perennial often grown as an annual with mid-green, spoon-shaped basal leaves and pinnate, mid-green stem leaves. Tall, wiry stems bear mid-blue flowers in summer.
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0.25m max. spread |
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0.9m 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 atropurpurea 'Snowmaiden' (Pincushion flower 'Snowmaiden')
Other names: Sweet scabious 'Snowmaiden', Widow's flower 'Snowmaiden', Egyptian rose 'Snowmaiden', Scabiosa atropurpurea 'Snow Maiden'
'Snowmaiden' is a clump-forming, branching biennial or short-lived perennial, typically marketed as an annual, with oblong to spoon-shaped, toothed, mid-green leaves and upright, wiry stems bearing lightly fragrant, double, white flowers throughout 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 |
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