Knautia.

Lovely close-up, I have buds but no flowers yet.

Thanks Simbad.

Do you have the pinky lilac one DD? thats pretty too :-)

No this is the only one, have not seen that one..

No I hadn't, swapped the seed on a swapshop, just said hardy pink/lilac scabious so thought I'd see what it was like, not quite as far on as this one but won't be long, will put a picture on when it flowers :-)

Mine hasn't even got buds yet! Could yours be Knautia Arvensis, Simbad?

Oooh don't know Wagger off to search now :-)

I love these :-)))
Mine don't even have buds yet either :-(

Glad I'm not the only one, Louise, lol. Of course, according to all the designers we should have replaced this with Cirsium Rivulare by now.

Really ?
I 'do' actually have a couple somewhere ..... can't remember seeing them though :-/

I hope they're not 'casualties', Louise.

Hmm, so do i :-/

Lost our Cirsium Rivulare this was a replacement, so doubly miffed now.

Ouch!

Looked at the knautia Arvensis Wagger, don't know if its same as mine or not can't decide, mine is exactly the same as knautia macedonica but lilacy pink, did find there is a knautia macedonica pink, one scabious flower looks pretty similar to another, spent ages flicking from one picture to another and still no wiser, lol.

Could be a 'Melton Pastel' then.

How come my Knautia is tall, then? Mine is K. macedonica...I didn't know there were sprawling ones as well.

Ummm...Wagger...I planted Cirsium rivulare this year - I didn't know I was supposed to! LOL.

Mine sprawls all over the place - escapes any supports I put in for it and lolls, lol.

I've found them ... well, 'one' actually :-/
It's doing okay but clearly the other one's disappeared :-/

Tell it to stand up straight, Wagger!!! Speak severely...

Glad you found one, Louise. :-))) I hope the other one turns up as well!

I can't bully my plants like that ! Can you come and do it for me, please, pretty please?

OK. On the way!!! They'll salute once I've told them how to behave!

Great - kettle's on, tea ........or cocoa at this time of night?

Sorry I didn't make it - I forgot the torch and got lost on the way to the gate. I've been wandering around the garden trying to find the way out ALL night! :-((((

Is that why Misty wouldn't go out? I thought something was scaring her!!!

Great photo.Dd