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Type: Perennial
Seed #: 42
Common Name: Giant Yellow Scabiosa
Latin Name: Cephalaria gigantea
Variety: Giant Yellow
Colour: Yellow
Temperature: 18C - 25C (64F - 77F)
Zone: 4 - 10
Blooms: June to September
Site: Full Sun or Part Shade
Height: 30cm - 65cm (12" - 26")
Spread: 30cm - 60cm (12" - 24")
Seeds per pack: 35
Price: $2.99
Plant these to encourage birds and butterflies to visit your garden frequently. This plant produces amazing cutflower. This plant is a great water saver. Also perfect for the busy lifestyle gardener or just that dry area where nothing seems to grow.
Attracts
Butterflies
Great
Cutflower
Drought
Tolerant

Giant Yellow Scabiosa


Notes: A rarely seen, bold plant for large beds and borders. 1 - 2 ft. clump forming plant with large deeply lobed leaves that produces a profusion of pale yellow pincushion like flowers, on stems that reach 6 to 10 feet. Attract butterflies and other nectar lovers to your garden. Good drought tolerant, cut flower with a long bloom period and vase life when flower is harvested just as it is opening.


Instructions: Plant 1 to 2 mm deep. Germinates in 21 to 28 days.


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Coral Bells - Sprays of tiny striking purple flowers on brilliant glossy green leaves. Great rock gardens and borders. An outstanding strain for the garden and for cut flowers. Red Hot Poker - Easy to grow! This evergreen perennial produces brilliant orange and yellow tubular flowers on slender spikes. They will tolerate wind and coastal conditions and thrives in a well drained, full sun, open location. For fuller more vibrant flowers, keep watered in hot summer months. Superb showy cut flower for large arrangements. Hummingbirds love this plant and will visit frequently. Wallflower - The perfect border plant that is great in beds. This early, lengthy bloomer provides masses of sweetly scented flowers in marbled  and solid colours. Plant in a sunny, open position in well drained fertile soil. Cut back after blooming leaving  only a few leaves on each stem. Spectacular cut-flower. The incredible aroma easily fills a room. Very easy to grow and deer resistant. Great early Spring scent and colour. Will bloom early as  February in warm climates.
Coral Bells Red Hot Poker Wallflower
(Heuchera) (Kniphophia) (Erysimum cheiri )

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