When I first planted my brand new back garden bed, I wanted a blue tone flower that was fairly constant. I've always thought scabiosa (Pincushion Flower) was weedy, but figured in a group it would be pretty, so planted 3 together. I think I have the Butterfly Blue variety. It started out great, constant violet blue, attracting butterflies, but by July, after all the rain, no blooms at all. I went back and cleaned up all the dead stems, but still nothing - nada. Looks like I should have pulled it up with the Johnson grass. Is this normal for scabiosa in Dallas area, only spring-early summer growth? OR is it a result of our funky weather this year? Experience welcomed, I don't want to get hasty in pulling it out as a non-performer....

terry