Silene coronaria
Silene coronaria
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syn. Lychnis coronaria
A fuzzy favorite - Rose Campion is a short lived 'evergray' perennial or biennial with attractive gray stems, wooly foliage, and cheery cerise-pink flowers. It is a very low maintenance plant that is disease free, drought tolerant, and deer resistant. Deadhead after flowering if seedlings are not desired.
Distinctions: Winner of an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticulture Society
Zones: 4 to 8
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Type: Perennial
Height: 24 to 36 in.
Spread: 12 to 18 in.
Exposure: full sun
Soil Conditions: average, dry, well-drained
Bloom Time: May to July
Bloom Color: cerise-pink
Native Range: central and southeastern Europe to Northern Iran and Central Asia to the Western Himalayas
Image Credits:
- Lazaregagnidze, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons