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scabious

(skā′bē-əs, skăb′ē-)

adj.

1. Of or relating to scabies.

2. Having scabs.

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scabiosa

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The fantastically named Devil's-bit Scabious brings beautiful purple tinges to the damp meadows, heaths and grasslands of autumn.

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For example, the marsh fritillary butterfly will only feed its young on devil's bit scabious, a tall, wire-stemmed herb with violet-blue, pincushion flowers, and only on those individual plants that are larger than the surrounding vegetation.

Pastoral paradise: in the past 70 years, the UK has lost 98 per of its meadows and, in doing so, placed much of its flora and fauna on the verge of extinction. But on a farm in the Cotswolds, conservationists have developed a model hay meadow that could help with the widespread restoration of this valued and beautiful habitat

Scabious, achillea and verbena are good for starters.

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Roedd Ruth Hughes, Penygroeslon yn holi am yr enwau ar tamaid y cythraul (Succisa pratensis; devil's bit scabious).

Mi fyddai byd heb fel yn un diflas iawn; LLEN Y LLYSIAU

Contrast the fabulous Scabious 'Chile Black' with softer, creamier border perennials.

We're back in black

So do most thalictrum and the giant yellow scabious, Cephalaria gigantia.

GARDEN LIFE : DOWN TO EARTH: A gardener's notebook

Five facts about Blast Beach | | The Durham Coast is well known for its spectacular wildflowers and some of the fields at Blast Beach are among the best places to enjoy them, with plants like bloody cranesbill, dyer's greenweed and devil's-bit scabious creating a riot of colour in the summer.

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For more information about Durham Place of Light, visit www.durham.gov.uk/PLACEOFLIGHT Five facts about Blast Beach | | The Durham Coast is well known for its spectacular wildflowers and some of the fields at Blast Beach are among the best places to enjoy them, with plants like bloody cranesbill, dyer's greenweed and devil's-bit scabious creating a riot of colour in the summer.

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IAnd last weekend, in my new role as unofficial floral 'birder', I found a tiny blue plant - apparently the miniature 'sheep's bit' scabious - as well as the climber known as Old Man's Beard.

THIS MUCH I KNOW; OPINION

Andy Garcka, Greenford, North West London: Try scabious (both knautia and scabiosa species), coreopsis, Anthemis tinctoria and cultivars of Geranium wallichianum.

Club question

Scabious plants have feathery blooms, usually in a pale lavender or cream.

Create a BUZZ; 10 plants to bring bees to your garden

The plants were kindly funded by Co-operative Cymru Wales, and one of their criteria for sponsorship was to use insect-friendly plants, so the garden includes lavender, penstemon, achillea and scabious, among others.