Serratula
Saw wort
- Height × spread
- 0.38m – 0.38m × 0.3m – 0.3m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
Please ask in store about availability
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About this plant
These are plants of some charm. They have divided foliage and heads of frothy looking flowers, perched atop the stems and in shades of pink, purple, white and yellow. They come into flower from late summer and should go into autumn. They come in a range of sizes, so the smallest at around 30cm can be grown in rock gardens or raised beds. The taller forms can be variable, but are able to reach 1.4 metres in height, often half that. They can be grown in borders but look good in grasses in a wild garden.
- Flower colour
- Pink
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.38m – 0.38m
- Spread
- 0.3m – 0.3m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Prairie garden, Gravel garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Ground cover, Bee attraction
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water during dry periods
For plants in the ground, when there has been little or no rain for a period of 7-10 days and the soil is dry, give it a deep watering and repeat weekly until there is a downpour of rain. Check plants in pots more frequently, especially in hot weather.
Spring - early-mid · Planting
Divide when too large
The plant can be divided if it becomes too large or another plant is required. This may involve physically dividing the clump in two, removing offsets or small bulbs or dividing rhizomes. The new plants can be grown in pots or planted in the ground.