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Caprifoliaceae
Knautia dipsacifolia
Knautia dipsacifolia
Also known as Scabiosa sylvatica subsp. dipsacifolia, Knautia sylvatica var. dipsacifolia, Knautia arvensis subsp. dipsacifolia
Native Plants · Knautia · Caprifoliaceae · Wood Scabious · Pincushion Flower · Pollinator · Wildflower · European Native · Perennial · Cottage Garden · Partial Shade
Knautia dipsacifolia, known as wood scabious, is a charming European perennial that produces pincushion-like lavender-blue flowers beloved by pollinators. It grows best in partial shade with consistently moist, fertile soil in a temperate garden setting. Divide clumps every few years in spring to maintain vigor and encourage abundant blooming.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil evenly moist but well-drained · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7
- Temperature
- -25°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle
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