"He who is born with a silver spoon in his mouth is generally considered a fortunate person, but his good fortune is small compared to that of the happy mortal who enters this world with a passion for flowers in his soul."

- Celia Thaxter

About Scabiosa

Proceeding with the presentation of common and still exotic-looking flowers, I now wish to present Scabiosa. Scabiosa can indeed be considered a lovely flower, decorating every garden. Moreover Scabiosa can also delight us as cut flower, because it certainly adds a blast of color to any bouquet.
  Ranging from soft lavender blue, lilac to creamy white color, Scabiosa is likely to impress any lady. This very interesting flower is native to Europe and Asia. Its species include the following:       

Scabiosa atropurpurea
Sweet scabious
Scabiosa canescens
Scabiosa caucasica
Scabiosa columbaria
Scabiosa graminifolia
Scabiosa lucida
Scabiosa maritima
Scabiosa ochroleuca
Scabiosa palaestrina