Field scabious
Knautia arvensis
In Dutch: Beemdkroon
PerennialsCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- 0.3 to 1 m
- Spread
- 0.1 to 0.5 m
- Full grown after
- 2 to 5 years
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil
- Drains well, ideally with some lime
- Water
- Little: likes dry soil
- Maintenance
- Low: the old stems can go after flowering
- Flowers
- June to September, pale lilac-blue
- For bees
- Yes: nectar and pollen, June to September
- Hay fever
- Not or weakly allergenic
- Leaves
- Drop in autumn
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- No, as far as is known
- Pricks or stings
- No
- Price, young
- About €2.38 to €3.50 each, in a small pot
- Price, grown
- About €4.75 to €7.95 each, in a larger pot
Through the year
- Leaf
- April to October
- Flower
- June to September
- Fruit
- no noticeable fruit