Cephalaria gigantea | Giant Scabious Archive We recommend wearing gloves when

We recommend wearing gloves when handling these plants as they are toxic

We mulch ours to keep the moisture in over the summer period

from its crinkly rosette of leaves through to the stems of dainty flowers that wave beautifully in a breeze

and birds all love this flower

Cephalaria gigantea | Giant Scabious Archive We recommend wearing gloves whenCephalaria gigantea also known as giant yellow scabious is a clump forming perennial and has big 6cm wide lemon coloured flowers that are as the name suggests, very similar to that of a Scabiosa. The basal foliage though is only about 60cm wide and bushy the word giant really comes from the tall airy stems of flowers as in my garden the clumps of foliage are only about 50 60cm high with the flowers that float above the foliage. Flowers in Summer with