{"product_id":"gardeners-cottage-knautia-macedonica-scabious-seeds","title":"Gardeners Cottage Knautia Macedonica Scabious Seeds","description":"\u003ch3\u003e2026 seeds now available \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGardeners Cottage Knautia Macedonica Perennial Macedonian Scabious \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSeeds\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn easy-to-grow, short lived perennial that grows in our Mid-Norfolk Garden\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlowers Julne and July while simultaneously setting seed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn absolute magnet to bees and other pollinators, providing a succession of necter throughout the late summer months.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eOther common names include Macedonian Scabious\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelf-seeds abundantly when established\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMixing well with herbaceous plantings, the Purple red pincushion like flowers are held on open stems reaching 3-4 feet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt is great grown in the front of the border or the edge of a path.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVery easy to grow, and can be sown directly where you want them to grow in the autumn as nature does. Alternatively the seed can be saved and planted in seed compost in seed trays or pots in the spring, which makes it much easier to spot your baby Scabious plants.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeeds sown in autumn may over-winter and germinate the following spring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf sowing in spring sow March to May in seed trays under cover. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMacedonian Scabious can be grown as single plants, but for maximum impact, plant in groups of 5 to 7 with a foot to 18-inches between plants.  It's easy to cultivate, disease resistant, and doesn't get eaten by the wildlife that we spotted so it makes an ideal addition to any cottage garden\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen is the best time to sow Macedonian Scabious seeds in UK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the UK, seeds would naturally spread from the plant and germinate over the late summer and autumn, young plants form rosette crowns of leaves and are most likely to flower the following summer. Seeds planted in early spring will form good-size plants in a single season and flower in August and September.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo extend the flowering season, we usually do a combination of both. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMacedonian Scabious Seed Pack Sizes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKnautia Macedonica Seed is for sale online to the UK only. These are fresh seeds grown in our cottage garden in Norfolk without the use of pesticides or herbicides. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll seeds have been hand collected and may contain seed pod and husk remnants, just like nature intended.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardener's Cottage Blakeney","offers":[{"title":"25 Knautia Macedonica Seeds","offer_id":63859666583929,"sku":null,"price":2.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"50 Knautia Macedonica Seeds","offer_id":63859666616697,"sku":null,"price":4.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0334\/3944\/9223\/files\/Knautia-Macedonica-Scabious-Seeds.jpg?v=1782893944","url":"https:\/\/www.blakeney-cottage.co.uk\/products\/gardeners-cottage-knautia-macedonica-scabious-seeds","provider":"Gardener's Cottage Blakeney","version":"1.0","type":"link"}