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plants and seeds: nectar plants: part shade/full sun: Scabious (Scabiosa)
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Perennials for Sun or Part Shade: Scabious (Scabiosa)
  Perennials for Sun or Part Shade: Scabious (Scabiosa)
Useful and attractive nectar source from mid summer, when they will keep blooming if dead headed regularly. We sell 'Chile Black', which is a striking dark cultivar as shown, and native species in various plug plant collections.

Flowers: July - September
Soil type: Well drained
Supplier : Burncoose Nurseries
We donate half of our profit on sales of this product to The Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Please note: there is a minimum purchase of 3 of each variety and a minimum overall order size of £50.

Our nectar and pollen plants have been chosen in association with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, British Beekeepers’ Association and Butterfly Conservation, who benefit from any sales. Please also see our wildflower and grass seed mixes, which include a Bumblebee mix, Pollen and Nectar Mix and Butterfly and Moth Wildflower Mix. We sell a number of plants in this section which provide important late and early nectar and pollen, for which also see our bulbs and non-native trees.
For butterflies, although you will find some nectar plants in this section which are also food plants for caterpillars, you will find many more in wildflower plugs, wildflower seeds, and native trees and shrubs.


  90cm 60cm

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Variety:
atropurpurea 'Chile Black' £7.18

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This product qualifies for a bulk discount



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