General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Biennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 24-36 inches
Plant Spread: 16-24 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Depth to plant seed: cover the seeds very thin
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting

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Common names
  • Rose Campion
  • Lychnis
  • Mullein Pinks
  • White Campion
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Silene coronaria
  • Synonym: Lychnis coronaria

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Location: Western NY
Date: 2023-06-30

Courtesy of Diane's Flower Seeds
Location: Beautiful Tennessee, my garden
Date: May  26, 2017
early morning pink
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2010-06-02
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: may
Location: Sun garden Pittsford NY
Date: 2011-06-18
Location: Sun garden Pittsford NY
Date: 2011-07-04
Location: Sun garden Pittsford NY
Date: 2011-06-18
This plant is lovely and graceful with wide spreading aspect. Loo
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2011-11-07
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Comments:
  • Posted by Johannian (The Black Hills, SD - Zone 4b) on Jan 11, 2022 8:49 PM concerning plant:
    Range: a weed in northern California, northern Idaho, eastern Utah, and western Colorado, but to be expected elsewhere.
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