Scabiosa ochroleuca 'Moon Dance' - YELLOW PINCHUSHION FLOWER 'MOON DANCE'
Modest, slender looking plant. Grayish leaves and creamy-white flowers on thin stems float above the ground.
Best as a smaller filling plant in natural looking flower bed, or combined with plants with bigger leaves and flowers.
Plants are not very long-lived, but will persist by moderate self-seeding. Long flowering season and pollinator friendly!
Blooming Time: June/July is the main flowering time, but with less flowers continues till early fall
Size: with flowers 14" tall x 10-12" wide, the rosette of divided leeaves stays at the ground
USDA Zones: 5a to 9b
Culture: full sun, average to drianed soil (sandy, rocky, average, loamy). Somewhat drained soils are the best. Avoid waterlogged and poorly draining soils.
Moisture Needs: medium (average), medium-dry to dry
Origin: Russia, but this shorter selection was made in USA in the University of Georgia. Introduced by Jelitto Seed Company in 2007
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes / yes
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Plant Combinations: Flower beds, bigger rock or crevice gardens, pollinator gardens, cut flower gardens, xeriscape, any drained soil. Good with Echinacea, Achillea, Agastache, Amsonia, summer blooming Allium, Asclepias tuberosa, Aster, Baptisia, Calamintha, Coreopsis, Gaura, Knautia, Liatris, Monarda, Nepeta, Oenothera, Penstemons, Platycodon (taller ones), Rudbeckia, Salvia nemorosa hybrids, tall Sedum, Solidago, Stachys, Vernonia lettermannii, taller Veronica, Yucca, and grasses like Bouteloa, Muhlenbergia, Sporobolus, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sorghastrum or Panicum.
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Picture Copyright: Liberto Dario
Scabiosa ochroleuca 'Moon Dance' - YELLOW PINCHUSHION FLOWER 'MOON DANCE'
Modest, slender looking plant. Grayish leaves and creamy-white flowers on thin stems float above the ground.
Best as a smaller filling plant in natural looking flower bed, or combined with plants with bigger leaves and flowers.
Plants are not very long-lived, but will persist by moderate self-seeding. Long flowering season and pollinator friendly!
Blooming Time: June/July is the main flowering time, but with less flowers continues till early fall
Size: with flowers 14" tall x 10-12" wide, the rosette of divided leeaves stays at the ground
USDA Zones: 5a to 9b
Culture: full sun, average to drianed soil (sandy, rocky, average, loamy). Somewhat drained soils are the best. Avoid waterlogged and poorly draining soils.
Moisture Needs: medium (average), medium-dry to dry
Origin: Russia, but this shorter selection was made in USA in the University of Georgia. Introduced by Jelitto Seed Company in 2007
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes / yes
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Plant Combinations: Flower beds, bigger rock or crevice gardens, pollinator gardens, cut flower gardens, xeriscape, any drained soil. Good with Echinacea, Achillea, Agastache, Amsonia, summer blooming Allium, Asclepias tuberosa, Aster, Baptisia, Calamintha, Coreopsis, Gaura, Knautia, Liatris, Monarda, Nepeta, Oenothera, Penstemons, Platycodon (taller ones), Rudbeckia, Salvia nemorosa hybrids, tall Sedum, Solidago, Stachys, Vernonia lettermannii, taller Veronica, Yucca, and grasses like Bouteloa, Muhlenbergia, Sporobolus, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sorghastrum or Panicum.
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Picture Copyright: Liberto Dario