Grow guide
How to grow Scabiosa Blue Cockade
Scabiosa atropurpurea
- Type
- Scabiosa
- Zones
- USDA zones 3–11
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 90–110 days
- Spacing
- 9″ apart
- Density
- 4 per sq ft
- Habit
- Upright
- Frost tolerance
- Half hardy
- Sowing
- direct/transplant
- Start indoors
- 4 weeks before last frost
- Succession
- Every 14 days
Care
- Deadhead As needed
- Harvest As needed
- Water Weekly
Notes
Large lavender-blue pincushion blooms on 24-36 in. wiry stems; harvest when one-third of the florets are open; blooms continuously if kept picked.
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