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Scabiosa 'Butterfly Blue'

Lavender blue scabious for dreamy borders

Grown by Jack

Hereford

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Scabiosa Butterfly Blue Perennial Bedding
Scabiosa Butterfly Blue Perennial Bedding

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The highlights

  • Lavender blue flowers rising from slender stems
  • Flowers all summer from May to October
  • Plant at the front of borders
  • Attractive to pollinators (butterflies love it!)

Description

  • Delightful pincushion shaped flowers made up of lavender blue petals, rising above their ferny foliage on slender stems
  • Summer flowering from May right through to October
  • Perfect for the front of a cottage garden or as part of a wildflower meadow
  • Good for cutting
  • Loved by bees and butterflies
  • Drought toleranrt, with excellent pest and disease resistance
  • Makes a beautiful patio pot feature - you can also plant them to great effect in gravel gardens, beds and borders or use them to edge a path

What To Expect

Supplied as:

Garden Ready Plant in a 1L Pot
1L Pot

Height on arrival:

Eventual height:

30-45cm

Eventual spread:

35cm
Spreads to approx 35cm
35cm
Spreads to approx 35cm

Time to first crop:

Flower colour:

Blue
Soft lavender blue, pincushion shaped flowers
Blue
Soft lavender blue, pincushion shaped flowers

Habit:

Clump-forming
This plant forms clumps of foliage with flowers rising from upright stems.
Clump-forming
This plant forms clumps of foliage with flowers rising from upright stems.

Hardiness:

Half hardy
Hardy down to temperatures of -10
Half hardy
Hardy down to temperatures of -10

Rootstock:

Spacing:

45cm
Plant 45cm apart to allow for spreading

How To Grow

Excellent pest and disease resistance

This variety generally has no issues with pests or diseases.

Water lightly

Water to keep the ground consistently moist during the plant's first year as it is establishing itself. This can require watering several times a week during hot and dry periods. Once the plant has established itself it will be far more drought tolerant.

Full Sun

Position where the plant will receive around 6-8 hours of direct sunlight every day.

Any fertile, well-drained soil

Scabiosa do well in any fertile, well-drained soil. If your soil is particularly clay-heavy and/or often becomes waterlogged then you can improve the drainage by digging in plenty of organic matter such as garden compost as well as some perlite or gravel.

Feeding not required

Scabiosa does not need feeding, but would benefit from a deep, dry mulch in winter to retain the soil's moisture and reduce weeds.

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