Field Scabious

Landlife Wildflower Seed RangeBy choosing Landlife Wildflower seeds you are directly helping to save wildflowers and the wildlife that depend on them for their survival. Landlife is a charity (reg 290510) who plough the profits from their sales into environmental activities in creative conservation - in other words developing new spaces for wildflowers to grow as well as safeguarding existing areas.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.Position: full sunSoil: moderately fertile, well-drained, preferably alkaline soilRate of growth: average Flowering period: July to September Flower colour: bluish-lilacOther features: highly attractive to beesHardiness: fully hardyGarden 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 stemsGoes well with: Centaurea cynarus, Cardamine pratensis, Lonicera pericymenum, Briza media, Papaver rhoeas, Crataegus monogyna
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