Centaurea scabiosa

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Centaurea scabiosa

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RHS Number and Name Designation (if any): 3370 - accepted name
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HPS Member Ann-Marie Powell wins an RHS Award for designing the Octavia Hill Garden

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More colour, less work – perfect plants for ‘hands-off’ gardening by Gillian Taylor
Publication: The Hardy Plant
Edition: Vol. 45 No 2 Autumn 2024

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Root Causes by Noel Kingsbury
Publication: The Hardy Plant
Edition: Vol. 45 No 2 Autumn 2024

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Gardening for Wildlife
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On a Chalk Hillside – August 2025
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On a Chalk Hillside – July 2025
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HPS Member Ann-Marie Powell wins an RHS Award for designing the Octavia Hill Garden

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Centaurea scabiosa

S00449
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Centaurea scabiosa

M06816

Plants in the genus : Centaurea

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Rhaponticum centaureoides

P12332
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Papaver (Oriental Group) ‘Beauty Queen’ && Centaurea montana

P00261
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Centaurea woronowii

M01258
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Centaurea thracica

P05780
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Centaurea simplicicaulis

M01256
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Centaurea scoparia

M07451
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Centaurea scabiosa f. albiflora

M08731
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Centaurea scabiosa

S00449
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Centaurea scabiosa

M06816
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Centaurea salonitana

S00448
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Centaurea salonitana

M01255
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Centaurea ruthenica

P05779
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Centaurea pulcherrima

P05777
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Centaurea pulcherrima

S00447
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Centaurea pulcherrima

M01254
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Centaurea polypodifolia

M01253
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Centaurea pink flowers

M01257
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Centaurea phrygia

P05776
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Centaurea phrygia

S00450
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Centaurea phrygia

M01252
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Centaurea paniculata  

M06614
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Centaurea orientalis

P02420
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Centaurea orientalis

M01251
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Centaurea nigra

P09978

Plants in the family : Asteraceae

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Osteospermum ‘White Pim’

P02550
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Helenium ‘Indianersommer’

P10974
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Echinacea purpurea orange red flowers

M05953
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Helianthus annuus mixed

M09137
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Bidens ferulifolia

S00301
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Erigeron karvinskianus ‘Kew Profusion’

P07486
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Celmisia ex ‘Eggleston Silver’

M01226
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Centaurea montana ‘Purple Heart’

P05778
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Kalimeris mongolica

S01063
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Chrysanthemum ‘Salmon Fairie’ (28a)

P11315
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Senecio macroglossus ‘Variegatus’ (v)

P11946
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Catananche caerulea ex ‘Major’

M07860
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Ligularia dentata ex ‘Moorblut’

M03466
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Centaurea macrocephala

P12751
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Rudbeckia texana

M04820
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Berkheya cirsiifolia

P12719
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Echinops ritro L.

M02056
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Antennaria alpina

S00183
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Helenium ‘Wyndley’

P04186
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Dahlia ‘Honka’ (SinO)

P06044
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Cosmos bipinnatus [Sonata White] (‘Pas1789’) (Sonata Series)

P07539
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Rhodanthemum hosmariense

P10706
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Echinacea ‘Hot Papaya’ (Cone-fections Series) (d)

P03513
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Olearia species

P09143