Scabiosa atropurpurea

‘Summer Fruits’

Syn. Sixalix atropurpurea

SUMMER FRUITS PINCUSHIONS

Scabiosa atropurpurea ‘Summer Fruits’
SUMMER FRUITS PINCUSHIONS
Syn. Sixalix atropurpurea

Pretty pincushion flowers in berry shades of strawberry, raspberry & blackberry make Scabiosa atropurpurea ‘Summer Fruits’ a juicy fruity colour treat for the summer garden.
Plus each of the myriad blooms is sweetly fragrant.

A swarm of berry delicious blooms

Each plant produces a swarm of large fully double flowers on long strong stems.
And once they start blooming in late spring, flowers are continually produced through summer and autumn.

Commercial quality cut flowers & fine garden display

Scabiosa atropurpurea ‘Summer Fruits’ produces commercial quality cut flowers, though I love it especially for it’s generous garden display.
The fine foliage, and long whispy flower stems are so easy to waft amongst other more solid plants.
To create such a mist of juicy colour in the garden.

Quick to flower

Scabiosa atropurpurea ‘Summer Fruits’ are a very hardy & easy to grow annual flowers in the garden.

Quick & easy to start from seed

And they are also quick and easy to start from seed.

Do it themselves flowers from year to year

But once you have them in the garden, then they should continue to self-sow each year as a “do-it-yourself” flower.
Should they scatter their children where you don’t want them, then the kids are easily transplanted or weeded out.

Very easy to grow

Plant in Full Sun to a little Part Shade.
‘Summer Fruits’ tolerate a wide range of soils, including clay.

Bees & pollinators will love your garden

Native bees, honey-bees, butterflies, and loads of other pollinators will love you to bits for planting ‘Summer Fruits’.
The domed flower heads are rich in nectar, and because they bloom continuously our flying friends have a constant, abundant supply of food.

Tough & easy: Self sowing annual for massed flowers

60-90cm High in flower, with a mass of pincushion flowers on willowy, long, clean stems x 30cm Wide plant of feathery foliage.

SEED SOWING ADVICE: QUICK & EASY

Sow at any time of year in punnets indoors, or scatter in the garden in early spring.

Sow indoors for quick plants & early flowers: First sow the seeds in a punnet on the surface of good quality seed raising mix. Then barely cover with 3mm of sieved mix / vermiculite / fine sandy grit.

Now thoroughly moisten the sown punnet by standing in a shallow water bath until the moisture has thoroughly percolated up from below to the surface of the mix.

Then place in a warm, well-lit position indoors (not in any direct sunlight).

Temperatures 18-25C approx. are best for rapid and optimum germination.

Continue to keep moist by misting from a spray water bottle.

Seedlings usually emerge in approx. 7-14 days.

Seed Count: 30 seeds per pack approx.
(We always aim to exceed the stated seed count, and give a generous serve).

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