Scabiosa columbaria ( Butterfly Blue Small Scabious )

Scabiosa columbaria is a hairy, branching perennial with grayish-green, simple or pinnate, long-stalked, basal leaves, to 6 inches long, and similar colored, pinnatified stem leaves. Long-lasting, summer borne flowers of Butterfly Blue are purplish-blue, solitary, up to 1 1/2 inch […]

Scabiosa caucasica ( Perfecta Alba Pincushion Flower )

Scabiosa caucasica is a lovely perennial with a clumping form and grayish-green, lance-shaped, 6 inch long, basal leaves and slender, pinnatified stem leaves. Summer borne flowers of Perfecta Alba are solitary, pure white, up to 3 inches wide, and held […]

Scabiosa caucasica ( Miss Wilmott Pincushion Flower )

Scabiosa caucasica is a lovely perennial with a clumping form and grayish-green, lance-shaped, 6 inch long, basal leaves and slender, pinnatified stem leaves. Summer borne flowers of Miss Wilmott are solitary, white, up to 3 inches wide. The name pincushion […]

Scabiosa caucasica ( Fama Pincushion Flower )

Scabiosa caucasica is a lovely perennial with a clumping form and grayish-green, lance-shaped, 6 inch long basal leaves and slender, pinnatified, stem leaves. Summer borne flowers of Fama are solitary, sky blue, up to 3 inches wide. The name pincushion […]

Scabiosa atropurpurea ( Sweet Scabious )

Scabiosa atropurpurea is a branching, wiry-stalked, upright annual with entire or serrated, medium green, up to 5 inches long, spoon-shaped basal leaves and pinnatified stem leaves. Summer borne flowers are fragrant, solitary, deep purple to light purple, up to 2 […]

Scabiosa atropurpurea ( Double Pincushion Flower )

Scabiosa atropurpurea is a branching, wiry-stalked, upright annual with entire or serrated, medium green, up to 5 inches long, spoon-shaped basal leaves and pinnatified stem leaves. Double produces a mixture of white, dark purple, pink, and blue, fully double, fragrant […]

Saxifrage cotyledon ( Jungfrau saxifrage )

In late spring and in early summer, the species cotyledon blooms into cup shaped white flowers to 1/2 inch across, marked in red often. The leaves on this species is inversely lance-shaped in rosettes in a pale green to 3 […]

Saxifraga cortusifolia ( Saxifrage )

S. cortusifolia is a deciduous or evergreen that bears kidney shaped to rounded 5 to 7 lobed and glossy green leaves 2 to 3 inches long with scalloped edges. In late summer, it blooms into cup shaped white flower to […]