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Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 50-60 cm
Plant Spread: 30-40 cm
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Resistances: Salt tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Depth to plant seed: 0.5 cm
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Bees

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Common names
  • Devil's Bit Scabious

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-08-14
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2011-10-31
Location: Botanical Garden of the University of Münster
Date: 2017-09-19
Location: Botanical Garden KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany
photo credit: H. Zell
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2011-10-31
Location: Hortus Botanicus Akureyensis - Akureya - Iceland
Date: 2019-07-29
Location: Copenhagen Botanical Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Credit: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2011-10-31
Plant Events from our members
chelle On February 18, 2015 Potted up
(4) paper
chelle On January 27, 2015 Seeds sown
Warm 3 wks, then move outdoors.
chelle From January 27, 2015 to February 2, 2015 Seeds germinated
Room temperature, ambient light, sealed container with vermiculite.
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