Knautia macedonica, also known as Macedonian scabious, crimson scabious, or simply "Knautia," is among the delightful perennial plants recommended for beginner gardeners. With its charming and ...

Monty shares some of the things he's getting up to in his June garden, and that you can do too, in this collection of clips ...

I have filled up the green bin with pincushion scabious (the wilding blue Knautia arvensis and the maroon-red K.macedonica), mallows galore (mostly the blush-white Malva moschata) and countless ...

Other perennials provide a mound of dot-line flowers—think knautia, scabious, or rudbeckias. Umbellifers bring elegant saucer-shaped flowers at different heights from tall (valerian, fennel, ...