Our Greater Knapweed plug plants for sale are priced per individual plant. This product has a minimum quantity of 10 plug plants. For orders over 500 plug plants please contact us.
All our plants are native British wildflowers grown from wild seed in our sustainable nursery.
Common Name: Greater Knapweed
Latin Name: Centaurea scabiosa
Description: The Greater Knapweed plant is a medium to tall native perennial found on a variety of grasslands on dry, calcareous soils. It is usually absent from intensely managed meadows and pastures and is most often associated with taller swards but can occasionally be found in scrub land, woodland edges, road verges and waste ground.
Height: 40-90cm
Flowering time June-September
Colour: Purple
Management : The Greater Knapweed plant does best in dry alkaline soils. It will cope in a garden border and needs cut back each year.