Scabiosa Large Flowers. Scabiosas are sometimes called pincushion flowers as their blooms do truly resemble a pincushion. 27042021 Although large flowers such as dahlias and sunflowers can be attention hogs in the flower garden small-but-mighty blooms also have their place in the landscape.
Genus Cephalaria are annuals or perennials with pinnately divided leaves and scabious-like flower-heads Details C. Giant scabious Cephalaria gigantea makes a dramatic yet informal statement in the border bearing stout upright stems from which pale primrose-yellow scabious flowers attract a wealth of pollinators. They bloom from Summer through to the first months of autumn and carry domed flowers of red white blue purple or yellow atop long stems.
These long-flowering hardy perennials have pretty pincushion flowers.
Gigantea is a clump-forming perennial with lobed leaves and tall stems carrying large light yellow flowers in summer. These flowers are loved by bees and other pollinators. A sterile hybrid it wont self-seed. Scabiosa Burgundy Bonnets a form of Scabiosa atropurpurea it was found by chance in a Suffolk garden.