Scientific Name Scabiosa caucasica Common Name Pincushion flower

Perennial Flowers Consumer Hort Index - Fact Sheets

Characteristics Season early summer Height 18-24 inches Hardiness USDA Hardiness Zone 3-7 Flower Color deep blue, lavender blue,white Soil well drained soil near neutral in pH. Exposure full sun to light shade Propagation seed sown in spring or summer North Carolina Regions Mountains, Piedmont Comments Pincushion flower is becoming a popular perennial in cool areas because of its long flowering season and soft blue rounded flower heads. The cultivar 'Butterfly Blue' has lavender blue flowers produced continuously from early summer to frost on 20" stems. Dies out in warm coastal plains gardens. Origin Russia, southwest Asia

Prepared by: orginally by Alice B. Russell, retired Extension Specialist, NC State University
                     maintained and expanded by Erv Evans, Consumer Horticulturist, NC State University

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