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Cephalaria dipsacoides |
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| Common name |
scabious |
| Family |
dipsacaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
creamy yellow (summer) |
| Size |
6' |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
From seed  |
give 6 weeks cold, then germinates rapidly at room temperature. self-seeds in our garden.
detailed seed-starting info below
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Rugged clumps of divided leaves, with tall upright stems of creamy pincushion flowers. Definitely back of the border. Ours is definitely ill-placed, in a corner of the side garden, where its sparse, open habit provides a look through to the white vinyl siding, rather than a lush leafy backdrop. I'll be moving it to a more naturalistic area of the garden this fall.
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| moonraker | Jul 03, 2006 | Cephalaria Dipsacoides: Thanks for seed propagation tips. I have been growing these majestic plants for about 8 years and have always propagated by division in Spring. That's the easy way - provided I remember to look for the young plants before the border closes in around them with other growth - then it's out of sight, out of mind! The next time I think of it is when I look out one June day to see a familiar flower bud swaying around in the breeze, 5 feet off the ground, surrounded by those distinctive leaves. Then I remember the friends I had promised to supply with one. |
- Seed from '03 garden. Baggy 35F (6w)-70F (83%, 3-5d)
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