Scabiosa columbaria Pink Mist, 1L
Low maintenance Scabious columbaria Pink Mist is a charming perennial with pincushion tufts of flowers held on impossibly slender stems, adding texture and colour to the garden over a long period. Gorgeous in floral arrangements, both fresh and dried, the butterflies also love these flowers.
Dimensions
Ingredients
Height and Spread: 50cm (1ft 7in) x 50cm (1ft 7in) over 2-5 years
Features
Low maintenance Scabious columbaria Pink Mist is a charming perennial with pincushion tufts of flowers held on impossibly slender stems, adding texture and colour to the garden over a long period. Gorgeous in floral arrangements, both fresh and dried, the butterflies also love these flowers.
This is a dwarf variety of scabious, blooming continually from summer to late autumn. The lance-like leaves form a low, compact mound. Excellent in containers, rock gardens or at the front of a border, it also works well in cottage garden schemes, or mixed with grasses in a prairie-style garden.
- Flowers: April to August
- Hardy
- All soil types
- West, South or East aspects
- Full sun
- Deadhead during flowering season to prolong blooms.
- Protect from winter wet