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scabious

(skā′bē-əs, skăb′ē-)
adj.
1. Of or relating to scabies.
2. Having scabs.
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I loved the planting - informal and wildish but some lovely colour combinations like orange geums growing through blues and purples of forgetme-nots, scabious and everlasting wallflowers.
FLOWER POWER
Turn part of your lawn into a meadow by planting spring bulbs and cowslips and summer-flowering knapweed, poppies, cornflowers, field scabious and thistles.
Plan Bee; Make a happy hunting ground for pollinators
Bees Do your bit to help bees by planting as many nectar and pollen-rich plants as you can - buddleia, lavender, scabious and clover are just a few plants that come up trumps.
Take Walk On The Wild Side; Turn your outdoor space into a haven to help our wildlife thrive, with bird tables, ponds, rock piles and nectar-rich plants, there's lots you can do to help
As I went into Hexham something led me to Waitrose - a shop I've not been to before - and there on the flower display were two buckets of scabious, a delicate blue flower which was just right.
How some blue sky thinking helped me out
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.
'Seeing people enjooying the garden gives me a real thrill'
Michaelmas daisies, including asters, lavender, the ice plant (Sedum spectabile), scabious and honesty, are all butterfly magnets.
Give butterflies much-needed lift; As the butterfly population dwindles, HANNAH STEPHENSON talks to Dr Martin Warren of Butterfly Conservation about helping them survive
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
Plants such as Corn Marigold, Corn Cockle, Camomile, Cambridge Milk Parsley, Field Scabious, Field Poppy, Greater Knapweed, Ox Eye Daisy, Ragged Robin, Teasel, along with meadow turf are ideal for attracting insects, with the added benefit of helping to ensure good pollination of flowers.
6 steps to an outdoor paradise
Scabious, achillea and verbena are good for starters.
Is your garden full of childhood memories? in the garden
Contrast the fabulous Scabious 'Chile Black' with softer, creamier border perennials.
We're back in black
I'm combining them with pale yellow flowers - giant scabious Cephalaria gigantia to one side, and lemon-yellow peony 'Molly-the-Witch' in front.
Gardenlife: Strike out for a floral gold rush; The turn of the season introduces a new spectrum of shades to the garden. Try brightening up the great outdoors with a splash of colour
Native wildflowers, from butterfly orchids to devil's-bit scabious, will start displaying their blooms in one of Wales' newest meadows.
Breagha and Cadi munch for victory; Highland cows in'floral restoration'of ConwyValley

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