Yellow Giant Scabious (Cephalaria gigantea) - Garden.org

Header

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 9b
Plant Height:	Leaves 40 cm - Flowers 180 cm
Plant Spread:	50-80 cm
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Yellow
Flower Time:	Summer Late summer or early fall
Uses:	Cut Flower
Propagation: Seeds:	Stratify seeds: 4 weeks Depth to plant seed: cover the seeds thin Suitable for wintersowing Sow in situ Start indoors

Common names

Yellow Giant Scabious
Giant Scabious
Giant Pincushion Flower

Photo Gallery

Location: Helmsley Walled Garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-24

Uploaded by kniphofia

Location: Helmsley Walled Garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-24

Uploaded by kniphofia

Location: Heathcote Ontario Canada
Date: 2021-10-06

Uploaded by Permastake

Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2011-06-15

Uploaded by kniphofia

Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2022-06-12

Uploaded by Caruso

Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2014-06-14

Uploaded by growitall

Location: Botanical Garden Cologne (Germany)

Uploaded by RuuddeBlock

Location: The Alnwick Garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2023-06-22

Uploaded by kniphofia

Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2015-06-21

Uploaded by IrisLilli

Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-08-22

Uploaded by JonnaSudenius

Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2014-06-14
The usual view of Cephalaria gigantea!

Uploaded by growitall

Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2012-12-06

Uploaded by growitall

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Uploaded by Calif_Sue

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Uploaded by Calif_Sue

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Uploaded by Calif_Sue

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery

Uploaded by Calif_Sue

photo credit: Cillas

Uploaded by robertduval14

Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2014-06-15

Uploaded by growitall

Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2014-06-15

Uploaded by growitall

Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2014-06-15

Uploaded by growitall

Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2014-06-15

Uploaded by growitall

Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2014-06-15

Uploaded by growitall

Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-08-01

Uploaded by JonnaSudenius

Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2012-12-06

Uploaded by growitall

Courtesy Seeds of Victoria

Uploaded by vic

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Uploaded by Calif_Sue

Courtesy Gardens in the Wood of Grassy Creek

Uploaded by vic

Comments:

Posted by growitall (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) on Dec 6, 2012 11:21 PM concerning plant:

An extremely tall (~8' here) perennial with sturdy stems; despite its imposing size, it is rather "airy" and hard to photograph! The basal plant is also huge, with 3-4 foot long arching stems.

Reply to this comment

Plant Events from our members
HamiltonSquare	On January 24, 2018	Obtained plant From Annie's Annuals and Perenials. $7.95.

» Post your own event for this plant

Discussion Threads about this plant

Thread Title	Last Reply	Replies
Cephalaria alpina, not Cephalaria gigantea by growitall	Jun 17, 2014 10:51 PM	2

« Add a new plant to the database

« The Plants Database Front Page

Garden.org Homepage

Help using the site

Terms of Service

Getting Started Gardening

© 1972 - 2024 National Gardening Association

Times are presented in US Central Standard Time

Today's site banner is by Visual_Botanics and is called "All that detail"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.