Scabiosa (Butterfly Blue) – 3 Litre Pot – Pollinator

Detailed Description

• A compact, hairy herbaceous perennial to 40cm tall, forming a mound of grey-green ferny foliage and producing deep pink, pincushion flowers to 5cm across with paler centres, over a long period in summer

• Perennial Plant
• Eventual Height up to 40cm
• Full Sun – Partial Shade
• Attractive to wildlife/ Pollinators – Bees and Butterflies
• Flowering time – July – August
• Drought Tolerant once established – Ideal for sunny borders

• Hardiness H4/H5

All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets

• H1a: under glass all year (>15C)
• H1b: can be grown outside in the summer (10 – 15)
• H1c: can be grown outside in the summer (5 – 10)
• H2: tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5)
• H3: hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1)
• H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5)
• H5: hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
• H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
• H7: hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20)

Our plants are supplied as fully grown plants, grown in a 3 Litre pot size, the pot has a 19cm diameter.