Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis), also known as Bachelors Button, is a perennial wildflower producing elegant lilac-blue composite flowers on tall, hairy stems. Each plant can branch to produce up to 50 flowers, creating a striking display in wildflower meadows, borders, or pollinator-friendly areas. Field Scabious seeds can be successfully grown on most free-draining soils, although as a grassland meadow flower it prefers alkaline soils. It thrives in full sun and is highly attractive to bees, butterflies, and other pollinating insects. Packet Contents A 1 g packet contains approximately 150 seeds, enough to sow up to 2 m². Growing Instructions Choose a full-sun site and clear any unwanted vegetation. Lightly cultivate the soil to create a fine tilth. Scatter seeds on the surface, gently rake in and firm down. Keep the seedbed moist but not waterlogged until seedlings emerge. Once established, watering is usually not required. Sow in spring or early autumn. Germination can be slow and erratic. Flowering usually occurs from June to September in the year following sowing and thereafter. Cut back old flower stems after flowering, new shoots will grow in the spring. Plants are very winter hardy.
