Field Scabious
Knautia arvensis
Also known as
Bachelor's Buttons, Black Soap, Blue Buttons, Blue Caps, Clodweed, Egyptian Rose, Gypsies' Rose, Gypsy Rose, Lady's Cushion, Purple Buttons, Scabridge, Gypsy's-Rose
Full Sun
Light watering
Frost Hardy
6a
USDA zone
-23°C
Minimum temperature
Expected size
Height | Spread | |
|---|---|---|
1.5m | Max | 50cm |
1m | Min | 10cm |
5 years to reach maturity
Flowering
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spring
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summer
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autumn
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winter
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Field Scabious Overview
Perennial species with a clumping growth habit. Produces showy, rounded, lilac-blue flowerheads on vertical stems. Foliage is pinnately lobed or simple in structure and this species is extremely cold-hardy.
Common problems with Field Scabious
How to propagate Field Scabious
Cuttings
Basal cuttings in spring.
Seed
Seed in autumn.
Other uses of Field Scabious
Wildflower/meadow, medicinal.
Flowers to Sow Outside in October
Direct sow these during October where you want them to flower next year!
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