Pincushion Flower Identification “I saw this beautiful flower (above) while visiting my son in Vermont. What is the name of it?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Samantha Bisceglia of Sarasota, Florida.

The pincushion is a long-blooming flower that adds pretty garden color. Fact checked by Khara Scheppmann Scabiosa are flowers that look a little like something you'd stick your sewing needles in.

The pretty blue flowers of wild scabious have been in flower for a couple of weeks and still have more time to go. There are three kinds of wild scabious, all with faded blue pincushion flowers. These ...