Silene coronaria

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