Cephalaria gigantea | Giant Scabious Archive Achilleas enjoy full sun but

Achilleas enjoy full sun but will take a little shade but flowers may tend to not be as upright

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from its crinkly rosette of leaves through to the stems of dainty flowers that wave beautifully in a breeze

We mulch ours to keep the moisture in over the summer period

You can also shear the plants back after the first flowering to encourage more compact growth and repeat flowers

Cephalaria gigantea | Giant Scabious Archive Achilleas enjoy full sun butCephalaria gigantea also known as giant yellow scabious is a clump forming perennial and has big 6cm wide lemon coloured flowers that are as the name suggests, very similar to that of a Scabiosa. The basal foliage though is only about 60cm wide and bushy the word giant really comes from the tall airy stems of flowers as in my garden the clumps of foliage are only about 50 60cm high with the flowers that float above the foliage. Flowers in Summer with