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Slender Scotch Burnet, Zygaena loti on yellow scabious Dark green background Milovice, Czech Republic





Terracotta pot creates focal point in bed of roses, heuchera, nicotiana, scabious, viola, hardy geranium, astrantia and veron...
Terracotta pot creates focal point in bed of roses, heuchera, nicotiana, scabious, viola, hardy geranium, astrantia and veronica. England, Melcombe Bingham, Dorset.





Decommissioned wheeled fertiliser sprinkler set amongst Alchemilla mollis, pelargonium, Imperata Red Baron, scabious and hard...
Decommissioned wheeled fertiliser sprinkler set amongst Alchemilla mollis, pelargonium, Imperata Red Baron, scabious and hardy geranium. England, Fittleworth, Sussex.





Spray rose, viburnum, scabiosa, italian berry, reseda, lime and sweet william arranged in white basket





Path edges bed of cosmos, Geranium Rozanne, Nicotiana sylvestris, sedum, angelica, Leucanthemum x superbum, Verbena bonariens...
Path edges bed of cosmos, Geranium Rozanne, Nicotiana sylvestris, sedum, angelica, Leucanthemum x superbum, Verbena bonariensis, scabious, heuchera, dogwood, maple. England, Ascot. Berkshire.





Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) adult male, resting on Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) flowerhead in meadow, in early morni...
Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) adult male, resting on Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) flowerhead in meadow, in early morning rainfall, France, july





Slender Scotch Burnet, Zygaena loti mating on purple scabious Dark green background Milovice, Czech Republic





Raised terrace edged in bed of nicotiana, marguerite, scabious, verbena, filipendula, mallow, phlox, lychnis, penstemon. Left...
Raised terrace edged in bed of nicotiana, marguerite, scabious, verbena, filipendula, mallow, phlox, lychnis, penstemon. Left: pergola with clematis, wisteria and vine. England, Sunninghill. Berks.





knautia arvensis field scabious close-up of native wildflower, uk. date: 22.10.2008 ref: zb946_122663_0618 compulsory credit:...
knautia arvensis field scabious close-up of native wildflower, uk. date: 22.10.2008 ref: zb946_122663_0618 compulsory credit: photos horticultural/photoshot





View over pink phlox and ragged robin to border of foxglove, poppy, delphinium, scabious, lavender and roses - white Sally Ho...
View over pink phlox and ragged robin to border of foxglove, poppy, delphinium, scabious, lavender and roses - white Sally Holmes, red La Sevillana and creamy Buff Beauty. England, Cobham. Surrey.





Roof terrace with decking and plate glass side screens. Raised beds of drought tolerant Stipa gigantea, achillea, helenium, s...
Roof terrace with decking and plate glass side screens. Raised beds of drought tolerant Stipa gigantea, achillea, helenium, salvia, lavender, verbena, eryngium, scabious. England, Hampton Court, Surrey.





Scabiosa stellata Paper Moon, scabious or pincushion flower, has ornamental seedheads that make handsome dried flowers. Engla...
Scabiosa stellata Paper Moon, scabious or pincushion flower, has ornamental seedheads that make handsome dried flowers. England, Blagdon Somerset





Cornflower, Centaurus cyanus 126, field scabious, Scabiosa arvensis 127 and fumitory, Fumaria officinalis 128. Handcolored co...
Cornflower, Centaurus cyanus 126, field scabious, Scabiosa arvensis 127 and fumitory, Fumaria officinalis 128. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Augsburg, 1811. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a clergyman and naturalist in Augsburg, Bavaria.





Summer bed: lysimachia, Penstemon ‘Burgundy’, variegated elder, Achillea ‘Forncett Candy’, Delphinium ‘Lord Butler’, Erysimum...
Summer bed: lysimachia, Penstemon ‘Burgundy’, variegated elder, Achillea ‘Forncett Candy’, Delphinium ‘Lord Butler’, Erysimum ‘Bowles Mauve’, giant scabious, hardy geranium. England, Ickenham. Middx.





Small Scabious Scabiosa columbaria close-up of flowers, growing in coastal limestone grassland, Berry Head N.N.R., Torbay, De...
Small Scabious Scabiosa columbaria close-up of flowers, growing in coastal limestone grassland, Berry Head N.N.R., Torbay, Devon, England, July





Long pool is punctuated by fountains, and edged in summer beds of achillea, salvia, astrantia, phlox, hardy geranium, delphin...
Long pool is punctuated by fountains, and edged in summer beds of achillea, salvia, astrantia, phlox, hardy geranium, delphinium and scabious. England, Hampton Court, Surrey.





Feminine design with girly pink colour scheme and rounded shapes edged in haze of grasses and feathery foliage, studded with ...
Feminine design with girly pink colour scheme and rounded shapes edged in haze of grasses and feathery foliage, studded with scabious, echinacea, achillea and salvia. England, Tatton Park, Cheshire.





knautia dipsacifolia. hardy's cottage garden plants date: 22.10.2008 ref: zb946_122663_0247 compulsory credit: photos horticu...
knautia dipsacifolia. hardy's cottage garden plants date: 22.10.2008 ref: zb946_122663_0247 compulsory credit: photos horticultural/photoshot





Brick bridge crosses pebble-lined stream edged in achillea, sedum, hardy geranium, alchemilla, lavender, catmint, scabious, m...
Brick bridge crosses pebble-lined stream edged in achillea, sedum, hardy geranium, alchemilla, lavender, catmint, scabious, mint, sage and parsley. England, Tatton Park, Surrey.





Silver-spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma) butterfly on Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis), Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria





On right, summer bed of lupin, rose, lychnis, scabious, astilbe, lysmachia and willow. On left yucca and juniper. England, Ad...
On right, summer bed of lupin, rose, lychnis, scabious, astilbe, lysmachia and willow. On left yucca and juniper. England, Addlestone Surrey





View over pink phlox and ragged robin to border of foxglove, poppy, delphinium, scabious, lavender and roses - white Sally Ho...
View over pink phlox and ragged robin to border of foxglove, poppy, delphinium, scabious, lavender and roses - white Sally Holmes, red La Sevillana and creamy Buff Beauty. England, Cobham. Surrey.





Contemporary garden. Seen past dogwood, scabious, lavender, allium, echinops and sedum, meadow with fruit trees. Beyond, natu...
Contemporary garden. Seen past dogwood, scabious, lavender, allium, echinops and sedum, meadow with fruit trees. Beyond, naturalistic border melding with countryside. England, Crawley. Hampshire.





Stainless steel spout splashes into pool. Pebble mosaic by Maggy Howarth edged in geum, catmint, achillea, poppy, scabious, s...
Stainless steel spout splashes into pool. Pebble mosaic by Maggy Howarth edged in geum, catmint, achillea, poppy, scabious, salvia, astrantia, daylily and potentilla. England, Chelsea, London.





Scabiosa columbaria ‘Butterfly Blue’, a delicate repeat flowering herbaceous perennial. England, Oxford. Oxfordshire.





Bed of nicotiana, marguerite, scabious, verbena, filipendula, mallow, phlox, lychnis, penstemon beside pergola with clematis,...
Bed of nicotiana, marguerite, scabious, verbena, filipendula, mallow, phlox, lychnis, penstemon beside pergola with clematis, wisteria and vine. Left: bench under amelanchier. England, Sunninghill. Berks.





Mediaeval / Stuart cottage by box parterre & catmint, Iceberg roses. Beds of geranium, scabious, poppies, penstemon & roses C...
Mediaeval / Stuart cottage by box parterre & catmint, Iceberg roses. Beds of geranium, scabious, poppies, penstemon & roses Constance Spry & Graham Thomas. England, Dunsfold. Surrey.





European Mantis, Praying Mantis Mantis religiosa perched on a Field Scabious Knautia arvensis





knautia dipsacifolia. hardy's cottage garden plants date: 22.10.2008 ref: zb946_122663_0248 compulsory credit: photos horticu...
knautia dipsacifolia. hardy's cottage garden plants date: 22.10.2008 ref: zb946_122663_0248 compulsory credit: photos horticultural/photoshot





Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) rests on the seedhead of scabious (Scabiosa columbaria) in a wildflower meadow. Engla...
Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) rests on the seedhead of scabious (Scabiosa columbaria) in a wildflower meadow. England, Ockwell, Middlesex.





Herbaceous border: Helenium Moerheim Beauty, verbascum, monarda, crocosmia, echinops, heliopsis, scabious and Dahlias Bishop ...
Herbaceous border: Helenium Moerheim Beauty, verbascum, monarda, crocosmia, echinops, heliopsis, scabious and Dahlias Bishop of Llandaff and Ludwig Helfert. England, Crawley Down. Sussex.





heath fritillary (mellicta athalia) on scabious, gorenjska, slovenia date: 06.11.2008 ref: zb812_123820_0124 compulsory credi...
heath fritillary (mellicta athalia) on scabious, gorenjska, slovenia date: 06.11.2008 ref: zb812_123820_0124 compulsory credit: nhpa/photoshot





Raised terrace edged in bed of nicotiana, marguerite, scabious, verbena, filipendula, mallow, phlox, lychnis, penstemon. Left...
Raised terrace edged in bed of nicotiana, marguerite, scabious, verbena, filipendula, mallow, phlox, lychnis, penstemon. Left: pergola with clematis, wisteria and vine. England, Sunninghill. Berks.





alpine meadow in the dolomites with shining scabious, ox-eye daisy, meadow clary, goatsbeard, sainfoin and yellow rattle. ita...
alpine meadow in the dolomites with shining scabious, ox-eye daisy, meadow clary, goatsbeard, sainfoin and yellow rattle. italy.





Black_veined white Aporia Crataegi on flower of Field scabious Knautia arvensis, Thenauriegel nature reserve, Burgenland, Aus...
Black_veined white Aporia Crataegi on flower of Field scabious Knautia arvensis, Thenauriegel nature reserve, Burgenland, Austria, Europe





Honey bee Apis sp., on a Field Scabious Knautia arvensis, Baden_Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe





Rosa Buff Beauty on house wall, beside table and chairs on patio. Border of box domes, scabious, knautia, valerian, cistus, s...
Rosa Buff Beauty on house wall, beside table and chairs on patio. Border of box domes, scabious, knautia, valerian, cistus, sisyrinchium and sweet rocket. England, Ewhurst. Surrey.





View past pink phlox and ragged robin to border of foxglove, poppy, delphinium, scabious, lavender and roses - white Sally Ho...
View past pink phlox and ragged robin to border of foxglove, poppy, delphinium, scabious, lavender and roses - white Sally Holmes, red La Sevillana and creamy Buff Beauty. England, Cobham. Surrey.





Contemporary garden. Seen past dogwood, scabious, lavender, allium, echinops and sedum, meadow and naturalistic border of per...
Contemporary garden. Seen past dogwood, scabious, lavender, allium, echinops and sedum, meadow and naturalistic border of perennials that meld with countryside. England, Crawley. Hampshire.





True bug heteroptera perched on the withered blossom of a Glossy scabious Scabiosa lucida, Perchtoldsdorfer Heide, Lower Aust...
True bug heteroptera perched on the withered blossom of a Glossy scabious Scabiosa lucida, Perchtoldsdorfer Heide, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe





Large Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) adult, on Devil's Bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis) flowerhead, Leicestershire,...
Large Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) adult, on Devil's Bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis) flowerhead, Leicestershire, England, august





White rose and blue scabious with red poppies in front of modern white house with small cloud-pruned trees in border





Devil's bit scabious, Succisa pratensis, native to Europe and north Africa. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from...
Devil's bit scabious, Succisa pratensis, native to Europe and north Africa. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from Johannes Zorn's "Afbeelding der Artseny-Gewassen," Jan Christiaan Sepp, Amsterdam, 1796. Zorn first published his illustrated medical botany in Nurnberg in 1780 with 500 plates, and a Dutch edition followed in 1796 published by J.C. Sepp with an additional 100 plates. Zorn (1739-1799) was a German pharmacist and botanist who collected medical plants from all over Europe f





Vegetable planting in border with low box hedging (Country Greenhouses Ltd/Chelsea Flower Show 2007)





Small scabious (Scabiosa columbaria), a lanky perennial with blue-lilac flowers resembling pincushions in summer. Wildflower....
Small scabious (Scabiosa columbaria), a lanky perennial with blue-lilac flowers resembling pincushions in summer. Wildflower. England, Shalbourne. Wiltshire.





Marbled White Melanargia galathea, resting on a Field Scabious Knautia arvensis, covered with dew drops, Biosphaerengebiet Sc...
Marbled White Melanargia galathea, resting on a Field Scabious Knautia arvensis, covered with dew drops, Biosphaerengebiet Schwaebische Alb biosphere reserve, Swabian Alb, Baden_Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe





44m herbaceous border: Geranium Patricia + Nimbus, Knautia macedonica, Sedum Matrona, Acanthus spinosus, Nepeta Dawn-to-Dusk ...
44m herbaceous border: Geranium Patricia + Nimbus, Knautia macedonica, Sedum Matrona, Acanthus spinosus, Nepeta Dawn-to-Dusk + Walker’s Low, Echinops ritro, cardoon, Campanula lactiflora Pritchards Variety + Dixter Presence, Salvia nemorosa Ostfriesland + S. x superba Superba, Cephalaria gigantea, Macleaya cordata, Thalictrum Erin. England, Freshfield. Sussex.





Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia) adult, feeding on Macedonian Scabious (Knautia macedonica) flowers in garden, Engl...
Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia) adult, feeding on Macedonian Scabious (Knautia macedonica) flowers in garden, England, June





Marbled Fritillary Brenthis daphne drinking nectar from a Wood Scabious Knautia dipsacifolia





Solitary Bee Lasioglossum Calceatum (Male) Feeding On Marjoram Oreganum Majorana, Denbies Hillside, Surrey, September 2007





Path leads through pink and white themed courtyard with Crambe cordiflia, scabious and roses, to a thatched gazebo with a hea...
Path leads through pink and white themed courtyard with Crambe cordiflia, scabious and roses, to a thatched gazebo with a heather roof. England, Austwick, Surrey.





44m herbaceous border: Geranium Patricia + Nimbus, Knautia macedonica, Sedum Matrona, Acanthus spinosus, Nepeta Dawn-to-Dusk ...
44m herbaceous border: Geranium Patricia + Nimbus, Knautia macedonica, Sedum Matrona, Acanthus spinosus, Nepeta Dawn-to-Dusk + Walker’s Low, Echinops ritro, cardoon, Campanula lactiflora Pritchards Variety + Dixter Presence, Salvia nemorosa Ostfriesland + S. x superba Superba, Cephalaria gigantea, Macleaya cordata, Thalictrum Erin. England, Freshfield. Sussex.





Five-spot Burnet, Zygaena trifoli on lavender scabious Zygaenids produce HCN, hydrogen cyanide as chemical defense





Set in gravel garden with self-seeding cornflowers, scabious and pinks, a boat-shaped, raised vegetable bed of lettuce, courg...
Set in gravel garden with self-seeding cornflowers, scabious and pinks, a boat-shaped, raised vegetable bed of lettuce, courgette, beetroot, carrot. Tomato and agave in pots. England, East Wittering. Hampshire.





UK, Oxfordshire, Buscot, Scabious, Lock Farm (Afternoon, June) by Charles Neal, oil on canvas, b.1951 British





Hortulus botanicus pictus sive collectio plantarum. Volume V, plate: Scabious varieties (Scabiosa capitulo globoso, Scabiosa ...
Hortulus botanicus pictus sive collectio plantarum. Volume V, plate: Scabious varieties (Scabiosa capitulo globoso, Scabiosa Alpina, Scabiosa peregrina), Giovanni Battista Morandi, 1748





England, Wiltshire, Echo Lodge Meadows Nature Reserv. Butterfly - brimstone (gonepteryx rhamni) on devil's bit scabious.





UK, Oxfordshire, Buscot, Scabious, Lock Farm (Morning, June) by Charles Neal, oil on canvas, b.1951 British





Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) drawing nectar up proboscis from a wild scabius flower.





small copper resting on field scabious. lycaena phlaeas scotland. september. date: 04.11.2008 ref: zb849_123570_0012 compulso...
small copper resting on field scabious. lycaena phlaeas scotland. september. date: 04.11.2008 ref: zb849_123570_0012 compulsory credit: woodfall wild images/photoshot





Close-up of Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) in a meadow in summer, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany





Lesser Marsh Grasshopper (Chorthippus albomarginatus) adult, resting on Devil's Bit Scabious, Leicestershire, England





Devil's bit scabious, Scabiosa succisa. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern ...
Devil's bit scabious, Scabiosa succisa. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1905. Lindman (1856-1928) was Professor of Botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). The chromolithographs were based on Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch's "Svensk botanik" (1802-1843).





cottage garden, the cutting garden area. annual asters, rudbeckias, scabious and dahlias date: 18.12.2008 ref: zb907_126506_0...
cottage garden, the cutting garden area. annual asters, rudbeckias, scabious and dahlias date: 18.12.2008 ref: zb907_126506_0081 compulsory credit: photos horticultural/photoshot





Drone-fly (Eristalis nemorum) adult, resting on scabious flower, Oxfordshire, England, august





A simple old garden shed creates a rustic backdrop to bed of purple allium, scabious, hardy geranium, anemone and rose. Engla...
A simple old garden shed creates a rustic backdrop to bed of purple allium, scabious, hardy geranium, anemone and rose. England, Peter Hogan, Hants.





Blossoming plant of lavender scabiosa columbaria 'Butterfly Blue' and striped yellow pansy flowers.





Metal lantern set beside patio, amidst bed of aquilegia, scabious, sweet rocket, roses and Euonymus fortunei Silver Queen. Po...
Metal lantern set beside patio, amidst bed of aquilegia, scabious, sweet rocket, roses and Euonymus fortunei Silver Queen. Pot of agapanthus. England, Ewhurst. Surrey.





Honey bee Apis sp., on a Field Scabious Knautia arvensis, Baden_Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe





Lesser Marsh Grasshopper (Chorthippus albomarginatus) adult, resting on Devil's Bit Scabious, Leicestershire, England





Contemporary garden. Informal border: smokebush, achillea, verbascum, daylily, catmint,foxglove, scabious, salvia and clump o...
Contemporary garden. Informal border: smokebush, achillea, verbascum, daylily, catmint,foxglove, scabious, salvia and clump of tall, yellow Thalictrum flavum subsp. glaucum. England, Crawley. Hampshire.





Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) caterpillar, feeding on Devil's-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis) leaf in rhos pasture, ...
Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) caterpillar, feeding on Devil's-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis) leaf in rhos pasture, Welsh Moor Nature Reserve, Gower Peninsula, South Wales, april





Informal, meadow style planting of gold kniphofia, achillea, helenium, allium, scabious, salvia, erigeron, verbena, grasses -...
Informal, meadow style planting of gold kniphofia, achillea, helenium, allium, scabious, salvia, erigeron, verbena, grasses - Stipa tenuissima, Molinia Strahlenquelle. England, Ockwell, Middlesex.





DEU, 2003: Field Scabious, Blue Buttons (Knautia arvensis), flowering plants, studio picture.





Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia) butterfly on Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis), Eifel, Germany





Christmas wreath of rose, skimmia, Scabiosa, Leucadendron and wax flower on white chair





European Mantis, Praying Mantis Mantis religiosa perched on a Field Scabious Knautia arvensis





Informal bed of lupin, rose, lychnis, scabious, hakonechloa, astilbe, lysmachia and willow. England, Addlestone Surrey





Five-spot Burnet, Zygaena trifoli on lavender scabious Zygaenids produce HCN, hydrogen cyanide as chemical defense There is a...
Five-spot Burnet, Zygaena trifoli on lavender scabious Zygaenids produce HCN, hydrogen cyanide as chemical defense There is an Oedemerid, false blister beetle or fat-leg, beetle on the right side of frame





Cornus controversa Variegata, in bed with phlox, hosta, rheum, box. Left bed: nicotiana, marguerite, scabious, verbena, filip...
Cornus controversa Variegata, in bed with phlox, hosta, rheum, box. Left bed: nicotiana, marguerite, scabious, verbena, filipendula, cosmos. England, Sunninghill. Berks.





Scabiosa caucasica Clive Greaves, pincushion flower, a hardy annual with lavender blue flowers with delicate, ruffled petals ...
Scabiosa caucasica Clive Greaves, pincushion flower, a hardy annual with lavender blue flowers with delicate, ruffled petals around a raised centre. Attracts bees and butterflies. England, Blagdon Somerset





Succisa pratensis ‘Peddar’s Pink’, Devil’s bit scabious, perennial. Pink, pincushion like flowers that draw butterflies. Pict...
Succisa pratensis ‘Peddar’s Pink’, Devil’s bit scabious, perennial. Pink, pincushion like flowers that draw butterflies. Pictured: Common blue butterfly. England, Medstead. Hants.





Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa Cardui) alights on red scabious (Knautia macedonica) in meadow style planting. England, Fresh...
Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa Cardui) alights on red scabious (Knautia macedonica) in meadow style planting. England, Freshfield. Sussex.





Path edges bed of cosmos, Geranium Rozanne, Nicotiana sylvestris, sedum, angelica, honeybush, Leucanthemum x superbum, Verben...
Path edges bed of cosmos, Geranium Rozanne, Nicotiana sylvestris, sedum, angelica, honeybush, Leucanthemum x superbum, Verbena bonariensis, scabious, rose. Sorbus. England, Ascot. Berkshire.





Field scabious, Knautia arvensis. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensi...
Field scabious, Knautia arvensis. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P.F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793 was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.





Knautia macedonica pink, scabious, a lanky perennial with pink, pincushion shaped heads that bees and insects love. England, ...
Knautia macedonica pink, scabious, a lanky perennial with pink, pincushion shaped heads that bees and insects love. England, Dunsfold. Surrey.

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