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Scabiosa Caucasica - Sweet Scabious
Type
Herbaceous, Container-friendly, Deciduous
Size
Medium Border (50-100cm height)
Form
Rounded - Clump
Colours
Medium green Foliage, White Flowers (Summer late)
Care
Some maintenance required
Hardiness
Frost hardy
Growth
Medium growing
This mound forming perennial bears white blooms through mid to late summer. Foliage is a cut leaved - sometimes scraggly - green. suited to informal cottage garden planting. 80cm tall x 70cm.
Cultivation tips:
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.
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