Cephalaria gigantea | Giant Scabious Archive but also look at home

but also look at home in your perennial border

Monarda didyma Mahogany Alchemilla mollis and Allium sphaerocephalon

Taylors Pink also makes an excellent cut flower as it lasts well in a vase

You can also shear the plants back after the first flowering to encourage more compact growth and repeat flowers

We mulch ours to keep the moisture in over the summer period

Cephalaria gigantea | Giant Scabious Archive but also look at homeCephalaria gigantea also known as giant yellow scabious is a clump forming perennial and has big 6cm wide lemon coloured flowers that are as the name suggests, very similar to that of a Scabiosa. The basal foliage though is only about 60cm wide and bushy the word giant really comes from the tall airy stems of flowers as in my garden the clumps of foliage are only about 50 60cm high with the flowers that float above the foliage. Flowers in Summer with