Silene dioica
red campion
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- size:
- 2200 seeds
- available within:
- 2 weeks
- Position: partial shade
- Soil: moist, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: May and June
- Flower colour: rose-pink
- Other features: softly hairy leaves
- Hardiness: fully hardy
A dainty native wildflower with rose-pink flowers on upright stems in May and June. Red campion is perfect for naturalising in partially shady areas of a moist wildflower meadow or woodland edge. Commonly found growing in woods and hedgerows, in former times the pounded seed of the plant was used to treat snake bite. - Garden care: When sowing seeds do not use a fertiliser since wildflowers prefer poor soils. Dead-head regularly to prolong flowering. In autumn cut the faded flower-heads down to the ground and compost the dead stems.
- Eventual Height: 0.9m
- Eventual Spread: 0.2m