Scabiosa Seeds - Tall Double Mix

Sweetly fragrant, easy to grow, and colorful
Dried scabiosa reveals a "spiky ball" center
Colorful shades brighten up your late summer garden
A florist favorite, performs well in a vase
About Scabiosa Seeds - Tall Double Mix - Scabiosa atropurpurea

SEED TYPE: Open Pollinated Seed
PLANT TYPE: Double
ALSO KNOWN AS: Pincushion Flower
The honey-scented pincushion blooms and charming beaded buds of the sweet Scabiosa Tall Double Mix Seeds bring delight to mid-summer through fall gardens. These sweetly fragrant, easy-to-cultivate, ever-popular hardy annuals are highly rewarding. They thrive in cutting gardens and meadow landscapes, attracting frequent visits from butterflies. Scabiosa is adaptable to various soil types, making it a versatile and robust addition to your garden.
Features

LIFE CYCLE: Annual
PLANTING SEASON: Spring
COLOR: Mixed
GROWTH HABIT: Clumping, Mounding, Upright
PLANT HEIGHT: Up to 36 inches
BLOOM SEASON: Summer
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS: Attracts Bees, Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Hummingbirds, Attracts Pollinators, Easy to Grow & Maintain, Fragrant
USE: Container Garden, Cut Flower Garden, Dried Flowers, Fragrant Garden
GROWING CONDITIONS: Outdoor
PLANT RESISTANCE: Deer
PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS

Sowing: Direct sow in late fall or early spring, planting just below the surface of the soil. Seeds can also be started indoors 3-4 weeks before planting outdoors. Keep the soil lightly moist until germination, which usually takes 7-14 days. Keep seedlings lightly moist, and transplant them as soon as they have developed several leaves.

Growing: Water seedlings occasionally until they become established; mature plants grow best in fairly dry soil and do well in drought and poor soil. Deadheading or cutting back the plant will produce a new crop of blooms. This plant will self-seed unless cut back after flowering has finished. These flowers attract butterflies and bees.

Harvesting: For long-lasting cut flowers, choose stems with flowers that have just opened. Strip the foliage that will fall below the water level, and place in water immediately.

Seed Saving: After the flower fades, the tiny oblong seeds will form in the globular seed head. As soon as the seed easily comes loose from the cluster, it is mature. Remove the dried seed heads and rub them lightly to separate the seed from the husk. Store the seed in a cool, dry place.