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Color:
Blue
Planting Zone:
4
5
6
7
8
9
Soil Type:
Normal, sandy, clay
Sun Exposure:
Full Sun
Category:
Perennials - Scabiosa
The Scabiosa 'Butterfly Blue¦, Scabiosa columbaria, also know as the Pincushion Flower, has wonderful 2" lavender-blue flowers that bloom from June to October. ΅Butterfly Blue¦ is a reminiscent of a pincushion full of pins. With its gray-green foliage, it has a plant height of 12χ and a spread of 12-18". It is also disease resistant. Scabiosa ΅Butterfly Blue¦ was name Perennial Plant of the Year in 2000, and one can see why. It will do excellent for front-of-the-border areas, with Coreopsis ΅Moonbeam', Dianthus 'Bath's Pink', in mass plantings or as cut flowers.
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