Small scabious
Scabiosa columbaria
In Dutch: Duifkruid
PerennialsCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- 0.3 to 0.9 m
- Spread
- 0.1 to 0.5 m
- Full grown after
- 2 to 5 years
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil
- Dry to slightly moist, preferably limy
- Water
- Little: free-draining soil
- Maintenance
- Low: cut the stems down in autumn
- Flowers
- July to September, lilac-blue
- For bees
- Yes: nectar and pollen, July to September
- Hay fever
- Not or weakly allergenic
- Leaves
- Drop in autumn
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- No, as far as anyone knows
- Pricks or stings
- No
- Price, young
- About €3.50 to €4.61 per plant, in a small pot
- Price, grown
- About €6.50 to €6.95 per plant, in a larger pot, sometimes from 10 plants
Through the year
- Leaf
- April to October
- Flower
- July to September
- Fruit
- no noticeable fruit