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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 3 to 6 inches
Plant Spread: 3 to 6 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: 65ºF
Depth to plant seed: Shallowly sow at approximate depth of the seed, covering with a thin layer of soil
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Bees

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Common names
  • Dwarf Ragged Robin
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Silene flos-cuculi
  • Synonym: Lychnis flos-cuculi

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2010-08-10
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2014-07-29
First year plant from winter sown seed.
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2014-08-24
Blooms in flushes; all summer long
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chelle On October 28, 2014 Harvested
Seed collected.
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