Description:
For those who love mauve-pink, here is the pink flowering version of the very popular Scabiosa ‘Blue Butterfly’. Compact mounds of greyish-green foliage offer prolific pin-cushion-like blooms from June until frost. Attracts butterflies. Good for cutting. Photo courtesy of Walters Gardens.
Common Name: Pincushion Flower
Family: Dipsacaceae (The Teasel Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-9
Light: Full Sun
Height: 12-24"
Width: 8-12"
Primary Bloom Colour: Pink
Secondary Bloom Colour:
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Summer
Soil Moisture: Average
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits:
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat:
Award:
Geogrpahical Origin: Europe and Africa - Europe and Western Russia
Europe and Africa - North Africa
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