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Scabiosa 'Beaujolais Bonnets'


Scabiosa 'Beaujolais Bonnets' (Scabiosa atropurpurea (Pincushion flower))

I like this - it's a taller Scabious than the 'Barocca', but equally gorgeous!



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Wow, Love it, I have a yellow one but have never know what it was,

5 Jul, 2009

 

I'm trying to grow some creamy-yellow ones from seed! Do yours seed themselves?

5 Jul, 2009

 

its gorgeous

5 Jul, 2009

 

Can you see whats happening here?

I'm spending more time looking at plants than looking at my veggies.........Shock, horror :~))

5 Jul, 2009

 

Looks like it's just floating in mid-air. Great close-up Spritz!!

6 Jul, 2009

 

Thanks, Tasteyg...

Ian, that's really good - we'll have you converted yet, even if it's only a few more in your new border... lol.

6 Jul, 2009

 

its beautiful........

6 Jul, 2009

 

Just give me time to photo them and get them in.......

6 Jul, 2009

 

You mean ' Get them in and photo them', don't you? lol.

6 Jul, 2009

 

Yeah, I've had a long day and its too hot (well that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it) LOL

6 Jul, 2009

 

Hot? The wind is blowing a gale here - I got COLD outside and had to come back in! There are also frequent very, very short showers, not even enough to register on my rain gauge. Not a nice day at all.

I am having to edit this plant - I found its label and its name is slightly different. My memory again! :-(

6 Jul, 2009

 

one of my favourite plants,

6 Jul, 2009

 

this is stunning Spritz. i grew some of the chocolate coloured Scabious this year they are just in bud at the moment, can't wait to see what they look like.

11 Jul, 2009

 

Do you mean the 'Chilli' ones, Angie? I'd like some advice, then, please! Seed collection, when, how etc.

11 Jul, 2009

 

????? not sure,,,, i'll check my records and come back....

12 Jul, 2009

 

Just had a look on my file, and to be honest i don't know, i bought them off ebay and they were just titled 'Black Scabious' from a very good seller though.... there was a picture and they looked a bit like this rather than the open face that you get on some of them like the white that we both have... on seed collection, i did collect some seed off the white ones last year, but forgot to re-sow them, i might still have a go i found some the other day... i just collected them from the plant as they dryed out and stored them in a coffee jar without the lid so well ventiated, i'll let you know how they do... the seeds i bought were quite easy to grow, i just sowed in jumbo plugs, in the greenhouse about april time and then potted up grew on, i planted them out at the end of May, and they are budding up lovely now, so should'nt be too long before i can show you a pic, and if they are the ones you are after i'll save you some seed :-)

12 Jul, 2009

 

I can collect seed off my 'Chili Black' if I know how - is it easy? Are the seeds big enough to collect without dropping them all over the place - lol - I suppose it's a paper bag job, is it?

12 Jul, 2009

 

not as i remeber Spritz, just a case of pull the head off as they start to dry and then i kept mine in a coffee jar on a sunny window sil, i do this with all my seeds then i move them into the shed for the winter where they get a bit of cold treatment...it seems to work for all of what i have sowed...but i did'nt sow any of these yet...

12 Jul, 2009

 

OK - thanks - I'll give it go with both of the Scabious. Nothing to lose, is there?

12 Jul, 2009

 

absolutely.. i collect seed from absolutely anything and everything...and to be honest i have been selling my left over seed on Ebay as well as swapping on GOY... i have done very well this year on seed, in fact better than the plants i did earlier in the year... and easier to keep and post.....ofcourse any money i have made has just been spent on new plants... but it's a really good way of funding plant buying addictions, and getting new things via seed swaps... it what it's all about i think... as you know i do on occastions go to a garden centre but if i can sorce what i want else where then i do.... garden centres are pretty leathel for me ;-) lol

15 Jul, 2009



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