Description
New to our catalogue for 2021
Floriferous, dense cushion forming. Evergreen in the winter. Long flowering period. Biennial plant lasting for just two years but should self-seed.
Flowering: Spring – Summer
Hardiness: Hardy – Biennial
Height: 15cm
Spread: 10cm
Common Name: Common Sheep’sBit Scabious / Sheeps bit / White Bonnets, White Buttons, White Daisy / Iron Flower
Life Cycle: perennial
Family: Campanulaceae
Foliage: linear
Basic Colour: ( white )
Flower Colour: white
Natural Flowering: April – August
Winter Hardiness: Fully Hardy
Height with Flowers: 15cm
Soil Requirements: average / dry / well-drained / sandy
Soil ph: acidic / alkaline / neutral
Location: container / cottage garden / border / rock garden / Mediterranean / crevice garden
Usage: ornamental / bee food plant / attracts butterflies
Pruning: not required
Tolerates: drought tolerant / salt tolerant / deer resistance / rabbit resistance / shallow soil
Origin: Europe / Asia
Sara A. (verified owner) –
A good plant. If it does as well as my blue flowered jasione I will be very happy
Paul (verified owner) –
Judy W. (verified owner) –
Colin K. (verified owner) –
This is the only one that worried me a bit. Top growth was rotting and just fell away. However, the “crown” that remained has now started into new growth and things look OK now.
Susan Kirkup (verified owner) –