Color-Rich Impact

The vivid hues and unique texture of our Scabiosa flowers create a bold visual statement in borders, beds, or floral arrangements. Group them together for a lively display or let them stand alone for a dynamic, eye-catching accent that adds lasting beauty to any flower garden.

Elegant, Airy Form

Our Pincushion’s delicate, airy blooms add a soft touch to any garden. With their fine, feathery petals and slender stems, they create a light, graceful presence. These flowers bring a subtle charm to flower arrangements or complement various landscape designs.

Long-Lasting Blooms

With our Scabiosa, enjoy weeks of extended blooms that bring vibrant color to your garden. Regular deadheading encourages more flowers, extending the display throughout the season. Their long-lasting blooms ensure your garden stays lively and full of beauty for an extended period.

Drought-Tolerant

Once established, our Scabiosa plant handles dry weather with ease, needing little water. This drought-tolerant plant grows well in low-water gardens, maintaining its color and charm while reducing the need for frequent watering, making it a practical option for gardeners.

Scabiosa (Scabiosa Atropurpurea Double Purple) - A lovely addition for any xeriscape flower garden and so easy to establish from Scabiosa seed. Also known as Pincushion Flower, this deep purple variety makes and excellent cut flower, and the supply of blooms to cut will last throughout the entire summer. The more you cut, they more they produce! Scabiosa Pincushion is used for border plantings most of the time, but they can also be placed anywhere in the xeriscape garden to enhance its look. Purple Pincushion Flower blooms have a delightful, soft scent that lasts all summer, and the butterflies will visit the garden often!

Sow Scabiosa seed indoors 10 weeks before the desired planting date. Sow the seeds and press the Pincushion flower seeds gently into the starter mix. Keep the seed moist until germination. Purple Pincushion Flower seeds can also be sown directly outdoors after danger of frost has passed, but they will be very late to bloom. Sow the Pincushion seeds into well-draining soil that has been loosened and weeded. Sow the flower seeds in groups of 3 - 4 spaced 12 - 18 inches apart. Gently press the seed into the soil and keep it moist. Scabiosa flower care includes deadheading the spent blooms to promote continual flowering. Do not over water, but rather let the purple Pincushion plant dry out in-between waterings and they are quite resistant to drought. Over-fertilizing will result in few blooms, so do not fertilize unless the soil is very poor.