The pincushion is a long-blooming flower that adds pretty garden color. Fact checked by Khara Scheppmann Scabiosa are flowers that look a little like something you'd stick your sewing needles in.

The pretty blue flowers of wild scabious have been in flower for a couple of weeks and still have more time to go. There are three kinds of wild scabious, all with faded blue pincushion flowers. These ...

Growth habit: A low-growing evergreen perennial, treated as an annual in Florida; forms a rosette of foliage up to 10 inches tall and wide; flower stalks are leafless and grow to 18 inches tall. The ...