Vibrant, Unexpected Color From a Classic Annual

While you ’re perusing seminal fluid catalogs or the annual section at your local garden middle this year , do n’t pretermit this jaw - dropping works if you see it . ‘ Fire King ’ pincushion flower is a terrific alteration of pace from the common pastel dark glasses of purpleness , producing chance upon recondite hoot - red blooms in summertime . Widely adored as a cut and dried efflorescence , pincushion heyday is at home in the midsection of herbaceous plantings in the companionship of other dandy cut - flower ducky such as blossoming sage ( Salviaspp . and cvs . , Zones 3–11 ) , yarrows ( Achilleaspp . and cvs . , Zones 3–9 ) , and zinnias ( Zinnia eleganscvs . , annual ) . Pincushion flower can be a unruly cloud seeder in California . Plants may also need a small additional support ( or a sturdy neighbor ) to help keep stems upright , but the rich colouration that ‘ Fire King ’ sum up to plantings as well as a vase is well deserving the cause .

‘Fire King’ pincushion flower

Scabiosa atropurpurea‘Fire King’

Zones : Annual

Size:24 to 36 inches tall and 9 to 15 inch broad

condition : Full sun ; racy , well - drained grunge

aboriginal image : Mediterranean

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