While you’re perusing seed catalogs or the annual section at your local garden center this year, don’t overlook this jaw-dropping plant if you see it. ‘Fire King’ pincushion flower is a wonderful change of pace from the common pastel shades of purple, producing striking deep raspberry-red blooms in summer. Widely adored as a cut and dried flower, pincushion flower is at home in the midsection of herbaceous plantings in the company of other great cut-flower favorites such as flowering sages (Salvia spp. and cvs., Zones 3–11), yarrows (Achillea spp. and cvs., Zones 3–9), and zinnias (Zinnia elegans cvs., annual). Pincushion flower can be a rambunctious seeder in California. Plants may also need a little additional support (or a sturdy neighbor) to help keep stems upright, but the rich color that ‘Fire King’ adds to plantings as well as a vase is well worth the effort.
‘Fire King’ pincushion flower
Scabiosa atropurpurea ‘Fire King’
Zones: Annual
Size: 24 to 36 inches tall and 9 to 15 inches wide
Conditions: Full sun; rich, well-drained soil
Native range: Mediterranean
Source
- Johnny’s Selected Seeds, Fairfield, ME 877-564-6697; johnnyseeds.com
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