Scabiosa - 'Butterfly Blue' (Sweet Scabious)

Type	Herbaceous flower, Deciduous, Flowering
Form	Ground-Hugging Rounded Clump
Size	Medium Border Plant (50-180cm height)
Colours	Blue Flowers (Summer late), Green Foliage
Care	Some Maintenance Required
Hardiness	Frost Hardy
Growth	Medium Growing Plant
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Scabiosa description: Flowers are good for cutting, well suited to cottage garden planting

Scabiosa cultivation notes: Scabious prefers a sheltered spot in full sun towards the front of the bed in any well drained garden soil. When planting dig in plenty of well rooted compost and mulch established plants occasionally.

Plant Strengths: Suitable for container growing.

Plant Weaknesses: Does not tolerate very dry or very wet soils.