There may be no such thing as the perfect flowering plant, but if votes were cast, scabiosas would certainly get their share. As a nurseryman, I sometimes get asked for plants that flower nearly year ...

Scabiosa, also known as pincushion flower, is one of the most delightful perennials in the cottage garden. As a member of the honeysuckle family, it’s native to parts of Europe, Asia and Africa and is ...

“You’re going to get scabies from those things!” my mother used to say when I brought home a thrift store find. Fortunately, you can’t actually contract this rather vile mite from clothing, but a few ...

The large, lavender-blue flowers of the Caucasian scabious (S. caucasica) have been a cut-flower staple for 150 years or more. But I value these frilly flowers for the contribution they make in the ...

The effects of self-fertilization, within-population crosses (WPC) and between-population crosses (BPC) on progeny fitness were investigated in the greenhouse for Scabiosa columbaria populations of ...

For the past 20 years, I’ve celebrated my April birthday with a Purple Party; however, this year, instead of a party, I’m celebrating this gorgeous indigenous gem, scabiosa africana, a wonderful ...

THIS species is usually described as gynodiœcious. Hooker (“Student's Flora”) thus refers to it. Darwin (“Forms of Flowers”) says, “I have observed the existence of two forms in our endemic. S.

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