The pincushion flower (Scabiosa atropurpurea) is a delightful flowering plant native to Mediterranean countries. In some parts of the U.S. it's grown as an annual, but it can be treated as a perennial ...

The pincushion is a long-blooming flower that adds pretty garden color. Fact checked by Khara Scheppmann Scabiosa is a genus ...

Growth habit: A low-growing evergreen perennial, treated as an annual in Florida; forms a rosette of foliage up to 10 inches tall and wide; flower stalks are leafless and grow to 18 inches tall. The ...

• Start seeds of spring and summer vegetables: beets, broccoli, chard, carrots, squash, tomato, peppers, watermelon, pumpkins, and others. Use the pots you sterilized for this purpose last month. • ...

This is one part in a weekly series featuring the UC Davis Arboretum’s “Garden Gems” series – 45 can’t-fail, easy-care, low-water plants well adapted to our region and that add sparkle to ...

The pretty blue flowers of wild scabious have been in flower for a couple of weeks and still have more time to go. There are three kinds of wild scabious, all with faded blue pincushion flowers. These ...

Pincushion flowers, or scabiosa – a staple in Victorian gardens – have been a favorite here in Redlands since the late 1800s. These beauties can bloom all summer and remind one of pearl-headed pins ...

“You’re going to get scabies from those things!” my mother used to say when I brought home a thrift store find. Fortunately, you can’t actually contract this rather vile mite from clothing, but a few ...

There may be no such thing as the perfect flowering plant, but if votes were cast, scabiosas would certainly get their share. As a nurseryman, I sometimes get asked for plants that flower nearly year ...

It's no secret we're obsessed with Joanna Gaines. Whether it's the rich paint shade she swears will transform an uninteresting room or how she turns an ordinary vase into a showstopping centerpiece, ...

Most of the time, DIY floral arranging involves bringing home a bouquet or two of cut flowers, depositing them in a generic glass vase scrounged from under the sink and then wondering why they look a ...