Scabiosa columbaria subsp. ochroleuca

small scabious

size: 2 litre pot

available to order from summer 2012

£7.99

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• Position: full sun
• Soil: well-drained, neutral to slightly alkaline soil
• Rate of growth: average
• Flowering period: June to August
• Flower colour: pale lemon yellow
• Other features: the flowers are highly attractive to butterflies and bees and make a pretty cut posy
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  The delicate looking creamy lemon coloured flowers are held aloft on wiry stems throughout summer, adding a sense of movement and lightness to mixed or hebaceous borders. A firm favourite in cottage garden schemes, they also look good in prairie style planting.
  
  
• Garden care: Protect young plants from slug damage using environmentally friendly slug pellets or beer traps. Deadhead regularly to prolong flowering and cut back in autumn to maintain tidy habit and form.
  
  It is worth keeping in mind that these plants are biennial or short lived perennials.
  
  
  • Eventual Height: 0.6m
  • Eventual Spread: 0.75m
  Scabiosa columbaria subsp. ochroleuca - small scabious Delicate pale creamy-yellow pincushions