“I saw this beautiful flower (above) while visiting my son in Vermont. What is the name of it?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Samantha Bisceglia of Sarasota, Florida. Horticultural expert Melinda Myers ...

The pretty blue flowers of wild scabious have been in flower for a couple of weeks and still have more time to go. There are three kinds of wild scabious, all with faded blue pincushion flowers. These ...

The pincushion is a long-blooming flower that adds pretty garden color. Fact checked by Khara Scheppmann Scabiosa is a genus of flowers that look a little like something you'd stick your sewing ...

Growth habit: A low-growing evergreen perennial, treated as an annual in Florida; forms a rosette of foliage up to 10 inches tall and wide; flower stalks are leafless and grow to 18 inches tall. The ...

The almost black flowers of this short-lived perennial have caught the eye of many admirers. It is easy to grow in a sunny or partially shaded spot in well-drained, neutral to alkaline soil. Dead head ...