Sweet Scabious Mixed – Elegant, Fragrant Pincushion Blooms

Sweet Scabious (Scabiosa atropurpurea) offers charming, pincushion-like flowers in a romantic mix of crimson, lavender, pink, and white. With their sweet scent and airy, branching stems, these blooms bring elegance to borders and cutting gardens from summer through autumn. Loved by pollinators, they make excellent long-lasting cut flowers and add a vintage, cottage-garden feel.

What Makes It Special

• Fragrant, old-fashioned charm

• Beautiful color mix from soft pastels to rich tones

• Attracts bees and butterflies

• Long stems perfect for cutting

• Blooms until frost

Key Features

• Height: 60–90 cm – tall, airy growth

• Hardy annual – flowers first year from seed

• Long vase life

• Excellent pollinator plant

• Prolonged flowering season

Ideal For

• Cottage and country-style gardens

• Cutting gardens and floral arrangements

• Pollinator-friendly borders

• Summer-to-autumn displays

Sowing

• Sow indoors 6–8 weeks before last frost or direct in spring

• Cover seeds lightly with fine compost

• Germination: 10–14 days at 18–21°C

• Space plants 30 cm apart in full sun, well-drained soil

• Deadhead regularly for more blooms