• Eventual Height: 1.5m
  • Eventual Spread: 0.3m
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Knautia arvensis

field scabious

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  • Position: full sun
  • Soil: moderately fertile, well-drained, preferably alkaline soil
  • Rate of growth: average
  • Flowering period: July to September
  • Flower colour: bluish-lilac
  • Other features: highly attractive to bees
  • Hardiness: fully hardy

    Bluish-lilac, honeycomb-like flowerheads on slender stems from July to September and hairy, dull green leaves. This beautiful native field scabious was once used to treat scabies and other skin ailments - hence its common name. Highly attractive to butterflies and bees, it's perfect for naturalising in a sunny wildflower garden, mixed or herbaceous border.

  • Garden care: When sowing seeds do not use a fertiliser since wildflowers prefer poor soils. In autumn after flowering cut the faded flowerheads down to the ground and compost the dead stems.

    • Eventual Height: 1.5m
    • Eventual Spread: 0.3m
    Knautia arvensis - field scabious A great nectar source for butterflies