Pincushions Redux

When I first wrote about pincushion flowers, which go by the unattractive Latin name, scabiosa, fifteen years ago, I had just purchased a lovely one.  It was a striking dark purple-flowered variety, ‘Ace of Spades’.  Billed as a perennial, I cosseted the plant for its entire first year, giving it sun, water and a prime … Read more