Description
Field scabious is a lovely blue meadow flower, which can flower from July through to September. It does prefer full sun, and is a favourite with bees and butterflies, so ideal in a wildlife garden. Although it will grow in most areas if well drained, it will do better in an alkaline soil.
Wildlife attracted:
The Field scabious is great to attract butterflies. It is also the foodplant of the narrow-bordered bee hawk-moth.
Other features:
It has another common name of Batchelors buttons
